Afrotyphlops anomalus (Bocage, 1873)

Parrinha, Diogo, Calado, Francisco M. G., Marques, Mariana P., Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2025, Echoes of a lost museum: Revision of the herpetological collections sent by Barbosa du Bocage from the Lisbon Museum to the British Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate Zoology 75, pp. 353-404 : 353-404

Afrotyphlops anomalus (Bocage, 1873)

Specimen.

Angola: Quindumbo : BMNH 1893.12.27.11 .

Comments.

Bocage (1873 b) described Onychocephalus anomalus based on three specimens collected by Anchieta in Huíla and one sent by Joaquim José Graça (1825–1889) without stating a specific locality, but later wrote that the original description had been made based on specimens from Bibala and Huíla ( Bocage 1895 a). Additional material received subsequently included specimens from Quindumbo, one of which was presented to the British Museum in 1893 ( Boulenger 1896).