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Schmidt’s blind-snake
Afrotyphlops schmidti
Schmidt's blind snake (Afrotyphlops schmidti, formerly Typhlops schmidti) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Central and Southern Africa.
From the article Schmidt's blind snake on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
A. schmidti is found in Angola, Zambia, and eastern and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire).
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Afrotyphlops schmidti in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 32559.