Typhlops
TaxonTyphlops
AuthorityOppel, 1811
Display parents4
Synonyms

Typhlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to the West Indies.[1] Some species which were formerly placed in the genus Typhlops have been moved to the genera Afrotyphlops, Amerotyphlops, Anilios, Antillotyphlops, Argyrophis, Cubatyphlops, Indotyphlops, Letheobia, Madatyphlops, Malayotyphlops, and Xerotyphlops.

Species

Species[2]Taxon author[2]Subsp.*[2]Common nameGeographic range
T. agoralionisThomas & Hedges, 20070la Hotte blind snake
T. capitulatusRichmond, 19640Haitian pale-lipped blind snake, Richmond's worm snake
T. eperopeusThomas & Hedges, 20070Bahoruco blind snake
T. gonavensisRichmond, 19640Gonâve Island worm snake
T. guadeloupensisRichmond, 19660Guadeloupe blind snake, Guadeloupe worm snake
T. hectusThomas, 19740Tiburon Peninsula blind snake, Thomas's worm snake
T. jamaicensis(Shaw, 1802)0Jamaican blind snake, Jamaica worm snake
T. leptolepisDomínguez, Fong & Iturriaga, 20130
T. lumbricalisT(Linnaeus, 1758)0earthworm blind snake
T. oxyrhinusDomínguez & Díaz, 20110
T. pachyrhinusDomínguez & Díaz, 20110
T. proancylopsThomas & Hedges, 20070La Selle blind snake
T. pusillusBarbour, 19140Hispaniola worm snake
T. rostellatusStejneger, 19040Puerto Rican worm snake
T. schwartziThomas, 19890Schwartz's worm snake
T. silusLegler, 19590
T. sulcatusCope, 18680island worm snake
T. sylleptorThomas & Hedges, 20070Pestel blind snake
T. syntherusThomas, 19650Barahona Peninsula blind snake, Barahona worm snake
T. tetrathyreusThomas, 19890Haitian worm snake
T. titanopsThomas, 19890titan worm snake

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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).
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Further reading

  • 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).
  • 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).