| Afrotyphlops schlegelii | |
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| Limpopo, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Afrotyphlops |
| Species: | A. schlegelii
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrotyphlops schlegelii (Bianconi, 1847)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Afrotyphlops schlegelii, commonly known as Schlegel's beaked blind snake[2] or Schlegel's giant blind snake,[1] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4][5] The species is endemic to eastern and southern Africa, and bears the distinction of being the world's largest typhlopid.[2] It is harmless to humans and lives exclusively on a diet of termites.
- ^ a b Afrotyphlops schlegelii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 January 2015.
- ^ a b Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Rhinotyphlops schlegelii, p. 54 + Plate 39).
- ^ Pyron, Robert Alexander; Burbrink, Frank T.; Wiens, John J. (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 93–145. Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13...93P. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMC 3682911. PMID 23627680.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Megatyphlops schlegelii". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 December 2013.