Scolecophidia

Scolecophidia
Brahminy blind snake,
Ramphotyphlops braminus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Infraorder: Scolecophidia
Cope, 1864
Synonyms
  • Scolecophidia - Cope, 1864[1]
Common names: blind snakes, thread snakes.[2]

The Scolecophidia are an infraorder[2] of snakes. They range in size from 10-100 cm in length, but may only be as small as 2 mm. All are fossorial.[3] Currently, 3 families and 12 genera are recognized.[2]

Families

Family[2] Authority[2] Genera[2] Common name[2] Geographic range[1]
Anomalepididae Taylor, 1939 4 Primitive blind snakes Southern Central America and South America.
Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892 2 Slender blind snakes Africa, western Asia and the Americas.
Typhlopidae Merrem, 1820 6 Long-tailed blind snakes Most tropical and many subtropical regions all over the world.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Scolecophidia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634389. Retrieved 14 August 2007. 
  3. ^ Scolecophidia at Palaeos. Accessed 14 August 2007.