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Genus of snakes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Anomalepididae. The genus is native to Central America and South America. It contains 12 species that are recognized as being valid.[2][3]
| Liotyphlops | |
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| Liotyphlops ternetzii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Anomalepididae |
| Genus: | Liotyphlops W. Peters, 1881 |
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Species of Liotyphlops are found in Central America and South America from Costa Rica to Paraguay.[1]
Head scutellation characters are certainly useful for identifications based on external morphology. Liotyphlops fossorial, cryptozonic habits, and nocturnal activity.
| Species[2] | Taxon author[2] | Common name | Geographic range[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liotyphlops albirostrisT | (W. 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. | |
| Liotyphlops anops | (Cope, 1899) | Colombia in the departments of Meta, Santander and Cundinamarca. | |
| Liotyphlops argaleus | Dixon & Kofron, 1984 | Colombia: Cundinamarca Department. | |
| Liotyphlops bondensis | (Griffin, 1916) | Armando's blindsnake | Colombia |
| Liotyphlops caissara | Centeno, Sawaya & Germano, 2010 | Brazil | |
| Liotyphlops haadi | Silva-Haad, Franco & Maldonado, 2008 | Colombia | |
| Liotyphlops palauophis | Marra Santos, 2023 | Colombia | |
| Liotyphlops schubarti | Vanzolini, 1948 | Brazil: Pirassununga in São Paulo. | |
| Liotyphlops taylori | Marra-Santos & Reis, 2018 | Brazil in Mato Grosso. | |
| Liotyphlops ternetzii | (Boulenger, 1896) | Brazil (Pará, Goiás, São Paulo and Mato Grosso), Paraguay and Uruguay. | |
| Liotyphlops trefauti | Freire, Caramasche & Suzart Argôlo, 2007 | Brazil. | |
| Liotyphlops wilderi | (Garman, 1883) | Brazil in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. | |
T) Type species.[1]
Nota bene: A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liotyphlops.
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