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Wedge-snouted blind snake

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Wedge-snouted 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. cuneirostris
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops cuneirostris
Peters, 1879
Synonyms
  • Typhlops cuneirostris
  • Madatyphlops cuneirostris

The wedge-snouted blind snake (Afrotyphlops cuneirostris), also known as the wedgenose blind snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  3. ^ Afrotyphlops cuneirostris at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.