Gierra's blind snake

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Gierra's blind snake
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species:
A. gierrai
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops gierrai
Mocquard, 1897
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops gierrai
    Mocquard, 1897
  • Typhlops punctatus gierrai
    — Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
  • Rhinotyphlops gierrai
    — Broadley & Wallach, 2000
  • Afrotyphlops gierrai
    — Broadley & Wallach, 2009

Gierra's blind snake (Afrotyphlops gierrai), also called an Usambara spotted blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]

Etymology[]

The specific name, gierrai, is in honor of Mr. A. Gierra, an expert in the languages of North Africa and East Africa, who collected the type specimen.[5]

Geographic range[]

It is endemic to Tanzania, where it is found in the Ukaguru Mountains, the Ulaguru Mountains, and the Usambara Mountains.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Howell, K., Beraduccii, J., Menegon, M., Ngalason, W. & Spawls, S. (2021). "Afrotyphlops gierrai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178405A46181636. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b "Afrotyphlops gierrai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  4. ^ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops gierrai, p. 100).

Further reading[]

  • Broadley DG, Wallach V (2009). "A review of the eastern and southern African blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), excluding Letheobia Cope, with the description of two new genera and a new species". Zootaxa 2255: 1–100. (Afrotyphlops gierrai, new combination, p. 38).
  • Mocquard F (1897). "Note sur quelques Reptiles de Tanga, don de M. [=Monsieur ] Gierra ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 3 (4): 122–123. (Typhlops gierrai, new species). (in French).

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