Leptotyphlops
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Leptotyphlopinae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species (21):
L. aethiopicus –
L. conjunctus –
L. distanti –
L. emini –
L. howelli –
L. incognitus –
L. jacobseni –
L. kafubi –
L. keniensis –
L. latirostris –
L. macrops –
L. mbanjensis –
L. merkeri –
L. nigricans –
L. nigroterminus –
L. pembae –
L. pitmani –
L. pungwensis –
L. scutifrons –
L. sylvicolus –
L. telloi
Name
editType species: Typhlops nigricans Schlegel, 1839, by original designation.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1207 (1982).
Synonyms
edit- Glauconia Gray, 1845: 139
Type species: Typhlops nigricans Schlegel, 1839, by monotypy.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1982. Opinion 1207. Leptotyphlops and Ramphotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 (Reptilia, Serpentes): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39(2): 106–108. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 1408: 1–78. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
- Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244(1): 1–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2244.1.1 Reference page.
Links
edit- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Leptotyphlops . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 April 2018.