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Tricheilostoma

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Tricheilostoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily: Epictinae
Genus: Tricheilostoma
Jan, 1860

Tricheilostoma is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is native to Africa. All of the member species of Tricheilostoma were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

Species

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The genus Tricheilostoma contains the following six species.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tricheilostoma.

References

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  1. ^ Genus Tricheilostoma at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Jan [G] (1860). Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Première livraison. (Illustrated by Ferdinando Sordelli). Paris: De Soye et Bouchet. Index + Plates I–VI. (Tricheilostoma, new subgenus of genus Stenostoma, Index). (in French).