The Angola blind snake (''Afrotyphlops angolensis'') is a species of

snake Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Ma ...

in the

Typhlopidae The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Australia and various islands. The rostral scale overhangs the mouth to form a shovel-like burrowing str ...

family. While named after its type locality in Angola, it is widespread in Central and East Africa. Specifically, it is found in Angola, northern Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya.

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angolensis This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants i ...

Snakes of Africa Reptiles of Angola Reptiles of Cameroon Reptiles of the Central African Republic Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Reptiles of Gabon Reptiles of Kenya Reptiles of the Republic of the Congo Reptiles of Tanzania Reptiles of Uganda Reptiles of Zambia Reptiles described in 1866 Taxa named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage {{Scolecophidia-stub