Typhlops

Typhlops
Typhlops sp. (head)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Typhlops Oppel, 1811
Synonyms
Tiphlops - Rafinesque, 1815 Typhlops - Hemprich, 1820 Typhlos - Bonaparte, 1831 Aspidorhynchus - Fitzinger, 1843 Gerrhopilus - Fitzinger, 1843 Ophthalmidion - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Cathetorhinus - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Anilios - Gray, 1845 Argyrophis - Gray, 1845 Meditoria - Gray, 1845 Typhlops - Gistel, 1846 Diaphorotyphlops - Jan In Jan & Sordelli, 1860 Typhlops - Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops - M.A. Smith, 1922 Ophthalmidium - Loveridge, 1957[1]

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]

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]

Species

Species[2]	Taxon author[2]	Subsp.*[2]	Common name	Geographic range
T. ahsanai	Khan, 1999	0	Ahsan's blind snake
T. andamanensis	Stoliczka, 1871	0	Andaman worm snake
T. angolensis	(Bocage, 1866)	0	Angola blind snake
T. annae	Breuil, 1999	0	Saint Barthélemy blind snake
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. madgemintonai	Khan, 1999	1	Madge's blind Snake, Sherman's blind Snake
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	Yucatán blind snake
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	Walter Auffenberg|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.
^T) Type species.^[1]

See also

• List of snakes - Overview of all snake genera.

Gallery

motion of Typhlops, not like an earthworm. (shot in Taiwan)

Images of a Typhlops from Binnaguri, North Bengal, India.

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  Body of Blind Snake (Typhlops sp.)

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  Head of Blind Snake (Typhlops sp.)

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  Tail of Blind Snake (Typhlops sp.)

See also

• List of typhlopid species and subspecies.
• Typhlops by common name.
• Typhlops by taxonomic synonyms.
• Typhlopidae by common name.
• Typhlopidae by taxonomic synonyms.

References

1. ^ ^{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).
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174342. Retrieved 18 August 2007. 

External links

• Typhlops at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2007.