Blotched blind snake

Blotched blind snake
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Afrotyphlops
Species:	A. congestus
Binomial name
	Afrotyphlops congestus; (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
Synonyms
	Onychocephalus congestus (basionym) ; Onychophis barrowii GRAY 1845 ; Typhlops congestus ; Typhlops punctatus congestus ; Rhinotyphlops congestus ;

The blotched blind snake (Afrotyphlops congestus) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[1]^[2] It is distributed from eastern Nigeria through much of Middle Africa to Uganda.^[1]^[2] It is a fossorial species that occurs in humid forests, and particularly in the east, in gallery forests. It feeds on ants and termites.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Luiselli, L.; Branch, W.R. (2021). "Afrotyphlops congestus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13300737A13300746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13300737A13300746.en. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b Afrotyphlops congestus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.

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[IUCN-1] Luiselli, L.; Branch, W.R. (2021). "Afrotyphlops congestus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13300737A13300746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13300737A13300746.en. Retrieved 2 June 2024.

[RDB-2] Afrotyphlops congestus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.

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