Typhlops
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Typhlops sp. (head)
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- Common names: blind snakes, blindsnakes.[2]
Typhlops is a genus of blind snakes found in Europe, Africa, Asia and Central and South America. Currently, 120 species are recognized.[2]
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[edit] Geographic range
Found in southeastern Europe, the Middle East, tropical and subtropical Asia, most of Africa, Madagascar and certain islands of the Indian Ocean, the Philippines, Moluccas, New Guinea, Central America, South America and the West Indies.[1]
[edit] Species
Species[2] | Authority[2] | Subsp.*[2] | Common name | Geographic range |
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T. andamanensis | Stoliczka, 1871 | 0 | Andaman worm snake | |
T. angolensis | (Bocage, 1866) | 0 | ||
T. arenarius | (Grandidier, 1872) | 0 | ||
T. ater | Schlegel, 1839 | 0 | ||
T. beddomii | Boulenger, 1890 | 0 | Beddome's worm snake | |
T. bibronii | (Smith, 1846) | 0 | ||
T. biminiensis | Richmond, 1955 | 1 | ||
T. bipartitus | Sauvage, 1879 | 0 | ||
T. bisubocularis | Boettger, 1893 | 0 | ||
T. bothriorhynchus | Günther, 1864 | 0 | ||
T. boulengeri | Bocage, 1893 | 0 | ||
T. brongersmianus | Vanzolini, 1976 | 0 | Burrowing snake | |
T. canlaonensis | Taylor, 1917 | 0 | ||
T. capitulatus | Richmond, 1964 | 0 | ||
T. cariei | Hoffstetter, 1946 | 0 | ||
T. castanotus | Wynn & Leviton, 1993 | 0 | ||
T. catapontus | Thomas, 1966 | 0 | ||
T. caymanensis | Sackett, 1940 | 0 | ||
T. ceylonicus | Smith, 1943 | 0 | ||
T. coecatus | Jan, 1863 | 0 | ||
T. collaris | Wynn & Leviton, 1993 | 0 | ||
T. comorensis | Boulenger, 1889 | 0 | ||
T. congestus | (Duméril & Bibron, 1844) | 0 | ||
T. conradi | Peters, 1874 | 0 | ||
T. costaricensis | Jiménez & Savage, 1963 | 0 | ||
T. cuneirostris | Peters, 1879 | 0 | ||
T. decorosus | Buchholz & Peters, 1875 | 0 | ||
T. decorsei | Mocquard, 1901 | 0 | ||
T. depressiceps | Sternfeld, 1913 | 0 | ||
T. diardii | Schlegel, 1839 | 0 | Diard's blindsnake | |
T. domergnei | Wilhelm Roux-Estève, 1980 | 0 | ||
T. dominicanus | Stejneger, 1904 | 1 | ||
T. elegans | Peters, 1868 | 0 | ||
T. epactius | Thomas, 1968 | 0 | ||
T. exiguus | Jan, 1864 | 0 | Belgaum worm snake | |
T. floweri | Boulenger, 1899 | 0 | ||
T. fornasinii | Bianconi, 1847 | 0 | ||
T. fredparkeri | Wallach, 1996 | 0 | ||
T. giadinhensis | Bourret, 1937 | 0 | ||
T. gierrai | Mocquard, 1897 | 0 | ||
T. gonavensis | Richmond, 1964 | 0 | ||
T. granti | Ruthven & Gaige, 1935 | 0 | Grant's blind snake | |
T. grivensis | Hoffstetter, 1946 | 0 | ||
T. hectus | Thomas, 1974 | 0 | ||
T. hedraeus | Savage, 1950 | 0 | ||
T. hypogius | Savage, 1950 | 0 | ||
T. hypomethes | Hedges & Thomas, 1991 | 0 | Coastal blindsnake | |
T. hypsobothrius | Werner, 1917 | 0 | ||
T. inornatus | Boulenger, 1888 | 0 | ||
T. jamaicensis | (Shaw, 1802) | 0 | ||
T. jerdoni | Boulenger, 1890 | 0 | Jerdon's worm snake | |
T. khoratensis | Taylor, 1962 | 0 | ||
T. klemmeri | Taylor, 1962 | 0 | ||
T. koekkoeki | Brongersma, 1934 | 0 | ||
T. koshunensis | Oshima, 1916 | 0 | ||
T. kraalii | Doria, 1874 | 0 | ||
T. lankaensis | Taylor, 1947 | 0 | ||
T. lehneri | Roux, 1926 | 0 | ||
T. leucomelas | Boulenger, 1890 | 0 | ||
T. leucostictus | Boulenger, 1898 | 0 | ||
T. lineolatus | Jan, 1863 | 0 | ||
T. loveridgei | Constable, 1949 | 0 | Loveridge's worm snake | |
T. lumbricalisT | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 0 | ||
T. luzonensis | Taylor, 1919 | 0 | ||
T. madagascariensis | Boettger, 1877 | 0 | ||
T. malcolmi | Taylor, 1947 | 0 | ||
T. manilae | Taylor, 1919 | 0 | ||
T. manni | Loveridge, 1941 | 0 | ||
T. marxi | Wallach, 1993 | 0 | ||
T. mcdowelli | Wallach, 1996 | 0 | ||
T. microstomus | Cope, 1866 | 0 | ||
T. minuisquamus | Dixon & Hendricks, 1979 | 0 | ||
T. mirus | Jan, 1860 | 0 | ||
T. monastus | Thomas, 1966 | 1 | ||
T. monensis | Schmidt, 1926 | 0 | Mona blind snake | |
T. mucronatus | Boettger, 1880 | 0 | ||
T. oatesii | Boulenger, 1890 | 0 | Andaman Island worm snake | |
T. obtusus | Peters, 1865 | 0 | ||
T. ocularis | Parker, 1927 | 0 | ||
T. oligolepis | Wall, 1909 | 0 | Few-scaled worm snake | |
T. pammeces | Günther, 1864 | 0 | Peninsular worm snake | |
T. paucisquamus | Dixon & Hendricks, 1979 | 0 | ||
T. platycephalus | Duméril & Bibron, 1844 | 0 | Flat-headed blindsnake | |
T. platyrhynchus | Sternfeld, 1910 | 0 | ||
T. porrectus | Stoliczka, 1871 | 0 | Slender worm snake | |
T. punctatus | (Leach, 1819) | 1 | ||
T. pusillus | Barbour, 1914 | 0 | ||
T. reticulatus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 0 | ||
T. reuteri | Boettger, 1881 | 0 | ||
T. richardii | Duméril & Bibron, 1844 | 0 | Richard's blind snake | |
T. rondoensis | Loveridge, 1942 | 0 | ||
T. rostellatus | Stejneger, 1904 | 0 | Puerto Rican wetland blind snake | |
T. ruber | Boettger, 1897 | 0 | ||
T. ruficaudus | (Gray, 1845) | 0 | ||
T. schmidti | Laurent, 1956 | 1 | ||
T. schmutzi | Auffenberg, 1980 | 0 | ||
T. schwartzi | Thomas, 1989 | 0 | ||
T. siamensis | Günther, 1864 | 0 | ||
T. socotranus | Boulenger, 1889 | 0 | ||
T. steinhausi | Werner, 1909 | 0 | ||
T. sulcatus | Cope, 1868 | 0 | Sulcate blind snake | |
T. syntherus | Thomas, 1965 | 0 | ||
T. tasymicris | Thomas, 1974 | 0 | ||
T. tenebrarum | Taylor, 1947 | 0 | ||
T. tenuicollis | (Peters, 1864) | 0 | ||
T. tenuis | Salvin, 1860 | 0 | ||
T. tetrathyreus | Thomas, 1989 | 0 | ||
T. thurstoni | Boettger, 1890 | 0 | ||
T. tindalli | Smith, 1943 | 0 | ||
T. titanops | Thomas, 1989 | 0 | ||
T. trangensis | Taylor, 1962 | 0 | ||
T. trinitatus | Richmond, 1965 | 0 | Trinidad worm snake | |
T. uluguruensis | Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 | 0 | ||
T. unilineatus | (Duméril & Bibron, 1844) | 0 | ||
T. veddae | Taylor, 1947 | 0 | ||
T. vermicularis | Merrem, 1820 | 0 | ||
T. violaceus | Taylor, 1947 | 0 | ||
T. wilsoni | Wall, 1908 | 0 | ||
T. yonenagae | Rodriques, 1991 | 0 | ||
T. zenkeri | Sternfeld, 1908 | 0 |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).
T) Type species.[1]
[edit] See also
- List of snakes - Overview of all snake genera.
[edit] Gallery
Images of a Typhlops from Binnaguri, North Bengal, India.
[edit] See also
- List of typhlopid species and subspecies.
- Typhlops by common name.
- Typhlops by taxonomic synonyms.
- Typhlopidae by common name.
- Typhlopidae by taxonomic synonyms.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b c d e Typhlops (TSN 174342). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 18 August 2007.
[edit] External links
- Typhlops at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2007.