Liotyphlops

Liotyphlops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Anomalepididae
Genus: Liotyphlops
W. Peters, 1881
Synonyms
  • Rhinotyphlops
    W. Peters, 1857
  • Liotyphlops
    W. Peters, 1881[1]

Liotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes found in Central and South America. Currently, ten species are recognized.[2][3]

Geographic range

Found in Central and South America from Costa Rica to Paraguay.[1]

Species

Species[2] Taxon author[2] Common name Geographic range[1]
L. albirostrisT (Peters, 1857) Southern Central America, including Costa Rica and Panama, and northern South America in Colombia, Ecuador and north-central Venezuela. Also found on the island of Curaçao.
L. anops (Cope, 1899) Colombia in the departments of Meta, Santander and Cundinamarca.
L. argaleus Dixon & Kofron, 1984 Colombia: Cundinamarca Department.
L. beui (Amaral, 1924) Brazil (from Pará to Mato Grosso), eastern Paraguay and Argentina.
L. schubarti Vanzolini, 1948 Brazil: Pirassununga in São Paulo.
L. ternetzii (Boulenger, 1896) Brazil (Pará, Goiás, São Paulo and Mato Grosso), Paraguay and Uruguay.
L. wilderi (Garman, 1883) Brazil in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.

T) Type species.[1]

In the 21st century three additional new species have been described.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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).
  2. 1 2 3 "Liotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. 1 2 "Liotyphlops ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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