Calabresi's blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species:
A. calabresii
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops calabresii
(Gans & Laurent, 1965)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops cuneirostris calabresii Gans & Laurent, 1965
  • Typhlops calabresii
  • Afrotyphlops calabresii
  • Madatyphlops calabresii

Calabresi's blind-snake (Afrotyphlops calabresii) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] It is found in northwestern Somalia, adjacent Ethiopia, and eastern Kenya.[2] The specific name calabresii honours Enrica Calabresi.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Spawls, S.; Malonza, P. (2021). "Afrotyphlops calabresii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22473559A22473568. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22473559A22473568.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Afrotyphlops calabresii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Afrotyphlops calabresii (Gans and Laurent, 1965)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Gans, C.; Laurent, R.F. & Pandit, Hemchandra (1965). "Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic" (PDF). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. 8th Serie, Sciences Zoologiques. Tervuren, Belgium. 134: 1–93. We here propose to recognize the northern population as a new subspecies and to name this for Dr. Enrico [sic] Calabresi, author of the earliest modern reviews of the Somali herpetofauna.


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