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Somali giant 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. brevis
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops brevis (Scortecci [fr], 1929)
Synonyms
Typhlops brevis (basionym) Afrotyphlops brevis Rhinotyphlops brevis Megatyphlops brevis Typhlops schlegelii brevis Rhinotyphlops schlegelii brevis

The Somali giant blind-snake or Somali giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops brevis), also known as the angle-snouted blind snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is found in South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, northern Kenya and now in Tanzania.

References

1. ^ Spawls, S.; Malonza, P. (2021). "Afrotyphlops brevis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22472533A22472541. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22472533A22472541.en. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
2. ^ Afrotyphlops brevis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 May 2024.
3. Steve Spawls; Kim Howell; Harald Hinkel; Michele Menegon (25 January 2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-4729-4309-5.
4. 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).
5. "Afrotyphlops brevis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
6. "Afrotyphlops brevis (Scortecci, 1929)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-09-12.

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