Typhlops
Typhlops | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Subfamily: | Typhlopinae |
Genus: | Typhlops Oppel, 1811 |
Synonyms | |
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Typhlops is a genus of blind snakes found in the West Indies[1]. Some species have been moved to Afrotyphlops, Anilios, Antillotyphlops, Cubatyphlops, Indotyphlops, Letheobia, Madatyphlops, Malayotyphlops, Xerotyphlops, Argyrophis, and Amerotyphlops.
Species
Species[2] | Taxon author[2] | Subsp.*[2] | Common name | Geographic range |
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T. agoralionis | Thomas & Hedges, 2007 | 0 | La Hotte blind snake | |
T. capitulatus | Richmond, 1964 | 0 | Haitian pale-lipped blind snake, Richmond's worm snake | |
T. eperopeus | Thomas & Hedges, 2007 | 0 | Bahoruco blind snake | |
T. gonavensis | Richmond, 1964 | 0 | Gonâve Island worm snake | |
T. hectus | Thomas, 1974 | 0 | Tiburon Peninsula blind snake, Thomas's worm snake | |
T. jamaicensis | (Shaw, 1802) | 0 | Jamaican blind snake, Jamaica worm snake | |
T. leptolepisT | Dominguez, Fong & Iturriaga, 2013 | 0 | ||
T. lumbricalisT | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 0 | Earthworm blind snake | |
T. oxyrhinus | Dominguez & Diaz, 2011 | 0 | ||
T. pachyrhinus | Dominguez & Diaz, 2011 | 0 | ||
T. proancylops | Thomas & Hedges, 2007 | 0 | La Selle blind snake | |
T. pusillus | Barbour, 1914 | 0 | Hispaniola worm snake | |
T. rostellatus | Stejneger, 1904 | 0 | Puerto Rican worm snake | |
T. schwartzi | Thomas, 1989 | 0 | Schwartz's worm snake | |
T. silus | Legler, 1959 | 0 | ||
T. sulcatus | Cope, 1868 | 0 | Island worm snake | |
T. sylleptor | Thomas & Hedges, 2007 | 0 | Pestel blind snake | |
T. syntherus | Thomas, 1965 | 0 | Barahona Peninsula blind snake, Barahona worm snake | |
T. tetrathyreus | Thomas, 1989 | 0 | Haitian worm snake | |
T. titanops | Thomas, 1989 | 0 | Titan worm snake | |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.[1]
See also
- List of snakes - Overview of all snake genera.
See also
- List of typhlopid species and subspecies.
- Typhlops by common name.
- Typhlops by taxonomic synonyms.
- Typhlopidae by common name.
- Typhlopidae by taxonomic synonyms.
References
- 1 2 3 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- 1 2 3 "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 August 2007.
External links
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- Typhlops at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2007.
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