Typhlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to the West Indies.[1] Some species which were formerly placed in the genus Typhlops have been moved to the genera Afrotyphlops, Amerotyphlops, Anilios, Antillotyphlops, Argyrophis, Cubatyphlops, Indotyphlops, Letheobia, Madatyphlops, Malayotyphlops, and Xerotyphlops.
Species
Species
[2] Taxon author
[2] Subsp.*
[2] Common name Geographic range
T. agoralionis Thomas &
Hedges, 2007 0
la Hotte blind snake
T. capitulatus Richmond, 1964 0
Haitian pale-lipped blind snake,
Richmond's worm snake
T. eperopeus Thomas & Hedges, 2007 0
Bahoruco blind snake
T. gonavensis Richmond, 1964 0
Gonâve Island worm snake
T. guadeloupensis Richmond, 1966 0 Guadeloupe blind snake, Guadeloupe worm snake
T. hectus Thomas, 1974 0
Tiburon Peninsula blind snake, Thomas's worm snake
T. jamaicensis (
Shaw, 1802) 0
Jamaican blind snake, Jamaica worm snake
T. leptolepis Domínguez,
Fong &
Iturriaga, 2013 0
T. lumbricalisT (
Linnaeus,
1758) 0 earthworm blind snake
T. oxyrhinus Domínguez &
Díaz, 2011 0
T. pachyrhinus Domínguez & Díaz, 2011 0
T. proancylops Thomas & Hedges, 2007 0 La Selle blind snake
T. pusillus Barbour, 1914 0
Hispaniola worm snake
T. rostellatus Stejneger, 1904 0
Puerto Rican worm snake
T. schwartzi Thomas, 1989 0
Schwartz's worm snake
T. silus Legler, 1959 0
T. sulcatus Cope, 1868 0 island worm snake
T. sylleptor Thomas & Hedges, 2007 0 Pestel blind snake
T. syntherus Thomas, 1965 0 Barahona Peninsula blind snake, Barahona worm snake
T. tetrathyreus Thomas, 1989 0 Haitian worm snake
T. titanops Thomas, 1989 0 titan worm snake
*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.[1]
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