Afrotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
Distribution The 28 species of this genus are found in sub-Saharan Africa.
Species The following species are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org. Angola blind snake (Afrotyphlops angolensis ) Angolan giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops anomalus ) Bibron's blind snake (Afrotyphlops bibronii ) Blanford's blind snake (Afrotyphlops blanfordii ) Somali giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops brevis ) Calabresi's blind snake (Afrotyphlops calabresii ) Chirio's blind snake (Afrotyphlops chirioi ) Blotched blind snake (Afrotyphlops congestus ) Wedge-snouted blind snake (Afrotyphlops cuneirostris ) Elegant blind snake (Afrotyphlops elegans ) Fornasini's blind snake (Afrotyphlops fornasinii ) Gierra's blind snake (Afrotyphlops gierrai ) Kaimosi blind snake (Afrotyphlops kaimosae ) Liberian blind snake (Afrotyphlops liberiensis ) Lined blind snake (Afrotyphlops lineolatus ) African giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops mucruso ) Kenyan dwarf blind snake (Afrotyphlops nanus ) Bicoloured blind snake (Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus ) Malawi blind snake (Afrotyphlops obtusus ) Tanga blind snake (Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus ) Spotted blind snake (Afrotyphlops punctatus ) Rondo blind snake (Afrotyphlops rondoensis ) Afrotyphlops rouxestevae Schlegel's giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops schlegelii ) Schmidt's blind snake (Afrotyphlops schmidti ) Steinhaus's blind snake (Afrotyphlops steinhausi ) Liwale blind snake (Afrotyphlops tanganicanus ) Usambara blotched blind snake (Afrotyphlops usambaricus )
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Afrotyphlops.
References
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, new genus, p. 26; Afrotyphlops nanus, new species, p. 32).