Typhlops_elegans

Elegant blind snake

Elegant blind snake

Species of snake

The elegant blind snake (Afrotyphlops elegans), also called the elegant worm snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[1][2] It was described by Wilhelm Peters in 1868. The species occurs on the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  2. [2]
    McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  3. [3]
    Afrotyphlops elegans at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.

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