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Afrotyphlops schlegelii

Synonyms: Megatyphlops schlegelii; Onychocephalus petersii; Rhinotyphlops schlegelii; Typhlops hottentotus; Typhlops schlegelii

Wikipedia Abstract

Afrotyphlops schlegelii, commonly known as Schlegel's beaked blind snake or Schlegel's giant blind snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to eastern and southern Africa, and bears the distinction of being the world's largest typhlopid, is harmless to humans and lives exclusively on a diet of termites.
View Wikipedia Record: Afrotyphlops schlegelii

Infraspecies

Afrotyphlops schlegelii petersii (Peter's Giant Blind Snake)
Afrotyphlops schlegelii schlegelii (Schlegel's Giant Blind Snake)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1 grams
Egg Length [1]  0.787 inches (20 mm)
Egg Width [1]  0.394 inches (10 mm)
Gestation [1]  39 days
Litter Size [1]  60

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0