Lined blind snake

Not to be confused with Striped blind snake.

The lined blind snake (Afrotyphlops lineolatus), also known as the common lined blind snake, common lined worm snake, or lineolate blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[1][2][4][5] It is widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east and Angola and Zambia in the south.^[1][2]

Lined blind snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Afrotyphlops
Species:	A. lineolatus
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops lineolatus (Jan, 1864)[2][3]
Synonyms[2]
Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) lineolatus Jan, 1864 Rhinotyphlops lineolatus — Chirio & Ineich, 2006 Afrotyphlops lineolatus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009