Afrotyphlops rouxestevae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Afrotyphlops |
Species: | A. rouxestevae
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Binomial name | |
Afrotyphlops rouxestevae
Trape, 2019
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Afrotyphlops rouxestevae is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. [1] [2] It is endemic to Cameroon [1] [2] and only known from the holotype collected from Douala before 1974. [1]
The specific name honours Rolande Roux-Estève, who provided the first description of this taxon in 1974 but did not formally describe it as a new species, pending collection of further specimens. [2]
Afrotyphlops rouxestevae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Afrotyphlops |
Species: | A. rouxestevae
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Binomial name | |
Afrotyphlops rouxestevae
Trape, 2019
|
Afrotyphlops rouxestevae is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. [1] [2] It is endemic to Cameroon [1] [2] and only known from the holotype collected from Douala before 1974. [1]
The specific name honours Rolande Roux-Estève, who provided the first description of this taxon in 1974 but did not formally describe it as a new species, pending collection of further specimens. [2]