''Typhlops'' is a
genus of
blind snakes
The Scolecophidia, commonly known as blind snakes or thread snakes, are an infraorder of snakes. They range in length from . All are fossorial (adapted for burrowing). Five families and 39 genera are recognized. The Scolecophidia infraorder is mo ...
in the
family Typhlopidae. The genus is
endemic to the
West Indies.
Some species which were formerly placed in the genus ''Typhlops'' have been moved to the
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
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Afrotyphlops
''Afrotyphlops'' is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
Distribution
The 28 species of this genus are found in sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org.
* Angola blind s ...
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Amerotyphlops
''Amerotyphlops'' is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
Distribution
The 19 species of this genus are found from Mexico through South America.. www.reptile-database.org.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.
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Anilios,
Antillotyphlops
''Antillotyphlops'' is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
Distribution
The 12 species of the genus ''Antillotyphlops'' are found on Caribbean islands.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database ...
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Argyrophis
''Argyrophis'' is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
Distribution
The 12 species of the genus ''Argyrophis'' are found throughout Asia.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.
*'' Argyrophis bothriorhynchus''
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Cubatyphlops
''Cubatyphlops'' is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
Distribution
The 12 species of the genus ''Cubatyphlops'' are found mostly on Cuba, but also occur on other Caribbean islands.
Species
The following species are recognized as bei ...
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Indotyphlops
''Indotyphlops'' is a genus of snakes of the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to Asia.
Species
The genus ''Indotyphlops'' contains the following 23 species which are recognized as being valid.
*''Indotyphlops ahsanai''
*''Indotyphlops a ...
,
Letheobia,
Madatyphlops
''Madatyphlops'' is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
Geographic range
The 15 species of the genus ''Madatyphlops'' are found mostly on Madagascar, but also occur on the Comoro Islands. A fossil species occurred on Mauritius.
Species ...
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Malayotyphlops'', and ''
Xerotyphlops
''Xerotyphlops'' is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
Distribution
The five species in this genus ''Xerotyphlops'' are found in the Palearctic.. www.reptile-database.org.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.
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Species
''*) Not including the nominate subspecies.''
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Type species.
References
External links
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Further reading
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Hedges SB,
Marion AB,
Lipp KM,
Marin J,
Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". ''Caribbean Herpetology'' 49: 1-61. (''Amerotyphlops, Antillotyphlops, Asiatyphlops, Cubatyphlops, Indotyphlops, Madatyphlops, Malayotyphlops, Sundatyphlops, Xerotyphlops'', new genera).
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Oppel M (1811). ''Die Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien, als Prodrom einer Naturgeschichte derselben''
''The Orders, Families and Genera of the Reptiles, as a Prodromus of a Natural History of the same'' ]. Munich: J. Lindauer. xii + 86 pp. (''Typhlops'', new genus, pp. 54–55). (in German and Latin).
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