Le genre Megatyphlops a été placé en synonymie avec Afrotyphlops par Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin et Vidal en 2014.
Publication originale
Broadley & Wallach, 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, no2255, p.1-100 (introduction).
↑Broadley & Wallach, 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, no2255, p.1-100 (introduction).
↑Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology vol.49, p.1–61 (texte intégral).