Liotyphlops
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Anomalepididae |
| Genus: | Liotyphlops W. Peters, 1881 |
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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 | (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. | |
| 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]
- Liotyphlops caissara Centeno, Sawaya & Germano, 2010
- Liotyphlops haadi Silva-Haad, Franco & Maldonado, 2008
- Liotyphlops trefauti Freire, Caramasche & Suzart Argôlo, 2007
Nota bene: A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liotyphlops.
See also
- List of anomalepidid species and subspecies.
- Anomalepididae by common name.
- Anomalepididae by taxonomic synonyms.
References
- ^ a b c d McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
- ^ a b c "Liotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ a b "Liotyphlops ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Peters W (1881). "Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen. 1. Uebersicht der zu den Familien der Typhlopes und Stenostomi gehörigen Gattungen oder Untergattungen ". Sitzungberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1881 (4): 69-71. (Liotyphlops, new genus, p. 69). (in German).
- Freiberg M (1882). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Liotyphlops, pp. 84, 86 + drawing of head scalation on p. 84).
- Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Liotyphlops, p. 311).
External links
- Liotyphlops at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2007.