Afrotyphlops schmidti (Laurent, 1956)

Pietersen, Darren W., Pietersen, Errol W. & Conradie, Werner, 2017, Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 148) 11 (1), pp. 24-43 : 36

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13226803
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scientific name	Afrotyphlops schmidti (Laurent, 1956)
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Afrotyphlops schmidti (Laurent, 1956) View in CoL

Schmidt’s Beaked Blind Snake

Material: PEM R 22016; TM 86246

Photograph: VMUS 158865

A juvenile specimen ( PEM R 22016) was collected in a pitfall trap on the eastern bank of the Zambezi River just above Ngonye Falls, while another specimen ( TM 86246) was found dead on the dirt road leading to Sioma Barge. Individuals were regularly encountered around Ngonye Falls campsite and visitor’s center, especially after rains. The nearest published locality is Kalabo ( Broadley and Wallach 2009), about 210 km to the NNW.

References

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): 1 - 100.