Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854) is a animal in the Typhlopidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854)

Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854)

Afrotyphlops mucruso is a Typhlopidae snake species commonly called the African giant blind snake.

Family
Genus
Afrotyphlops
Order
Class
Squamata

About Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854)

The African giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops mucruso), which is also known as the Zambezi beaked blind snake, is a species of snake belonging to the family Typhlopidae. Its scientific name is Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854).

Photo: (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Typhlopidae Afrotyphlops

More from Typhlopidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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