Typhlopidae

Typhlops sp, a species of familia Typhlopidae.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamiliae (4): Afrotyphlopinae - Asiatyphlopinae - Madatyphlopinae - Typhlopinae

Overview of genera (16)

Acutotyphlops – Afrotyphlops – Amerotyphlops – Anilios – Argyrophis – Cyclotyphlops – Grypotyphlops – Indotyphlops – Lemuriatyphlops – Letheobia – Madatyphlops – Malayotyphlops – Ramphotyphlops – Rhinotyphlops – Typhlops – Xerotyphlops

Check (2): Megatyphlops – Ophthalmidion

Name

Typhlopidae Merrem, 1820

References

Additional references

• Broadley, D.G.; Wallach, V. 2009: A review of the eastern and southern African blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), excluding Letheobia Cope, with the description of two new genera and a new species. Zootaxa, 2255: 1–100. Abstract & excerpt
• Domínguez, M., Fong G., A. & Iturriaga, M. 2013. A new blind snake (Typhlopidae) from northeastern Cuba. Zootaxa 3681(2): 136–146. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.2.2 Reference page. 
• Graboski, R., Pereira Filho, G.A., Silva, A.A., Prudente, A.L.C. & Zaher, H. 2015. A new species of Amerotyphlops from Northeastern Brazil, with comments on distribution of related species. Zootaxa 3920(3): 443–452. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.3.3. Reference page. 
• Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Shea, G.M. 2015. A new species of Anilios (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from Central Australia. Zootaxa 4033(1): 103–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.5. Preview (PDF), Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Venchi, A., Wilson, S.K. & Borsboom, A.C. 2015. A new blind snake (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from an endangered habitat in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 3990(2): 272–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.7. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Wegener, J.E., Swoboda, S., Hawlitschek, O., Franzen, M., Wallach, V., Vences, M., Nagy, Z.T., Hedges, S.B., Köhler, J. & Glaw, F. 2013. Morphological variation and taxonomic reassessment of the endemic Malagasy blind snake family Xenotyphlopidae (Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Spixiana 36(2): 269–282. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Слепазмейкі
Deutsch: Blindschlangen
English: Blind Snakes
suomi: Aitosokkokäärmeet
македонски: Слепи змии
Nederlands: Wormslangen
português: Cobra-cega
ไทย: งูดิน