''Tricheilostoma'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of snakes in the family

Leptotyphlopidae The Leptotyphlopidae (commonly called slender blind snakes or thread snakes) are a family of snakes found in North America, South America, Africa and Asia. All are fossorial and adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites. Two subfamilies ...

. All of the species were previously placed in the genus ''

Leptotyphlops ''Leptotyphlops'' is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes, commonly known as slender blind snakes and threadsnakes, in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is endemic to and found throughout Africa. Eleven species have been moved to the genus ...

''. The genus contains the following species:" ''Tricheilostoma'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. * '' Tricheilostoma bicolor'', two-colored blind snake * '' Tricheilostoma broadleyi'' * '' Tricheilostoma dissimilis'', Sudan blind snake * '' Tricheilostoma greenwelli'' * '' Tricheilostoma kongoensis'' * '' Tricheilostoma sundewalli'', Sundevall's worm snake

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2164989 Snake genera