Liotyphlops
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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 in the family Anomalepididae. The genus is native to Central America and South America. Currently, 12 species are recognized as valid.[2][3]
Geographic range
Species of Liotyphlops occur in Central America and South America, from Costa Rica southward to Paraguay.[1]
Taxonomy
Head scutellation characters are important for the identification of Liotyphlops species based on external morphology. The genus is characterized by fossorial and cryptozooic habits and is primarily nocturnal.
Species
The following species are recognized as valid within the genus Liotyphlops.[2][1]
| Species | Taxon author | Common name | Geographic range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liotyphlops albirostris T | (W. Peters, 1857) | — | Southern Central America (including Costa Rica and Panama) and northern South America (Colombia, Ecuador, and north-central Venezuela). Also found on Curaçao. |
| Liotyphlops anops | (Cope, 1899) | — | Colombia (departments of Meta, Santander, and Cundinamarca). |
| Liotyphlops argaleus | Dixon & Kofron, 1984 | — | Colombia (Cundinamarca Department). |
| Liotyphlops bondensis | (Griffin, 1916) | Armando’s blindsnake | Colombia |
| Liotyphlops caissara | Centeno, Sawaya & Germano, 2010 | — | Brazil |
| Liotyphlops haadi | Silva-Haad, Franco & Maldonado, 2008 | — | Colombia |
| Liotyphlops palauophis | Marra Santos, 2023 | — | Colombia |
| Liotyphlops schubarti | Vanzolini, 1948 | — | Brazil (Pirassununga, São Paulo). |
| Liotyphlops taylori | Marra-Santos & Reis, 2018 | — | Brazil (Mato Grosso). |
| Liotyphlops ternetzii | (Boulenger, 1896) | — | Brazil (Pará, Goiás, São Paulo, and Mato Grosso), Paraguay, and Uruguay. |
| Liotyphlops trefauti | Freire, Caramasche & Suzart Argôlo, 2007 | — | Brazil |
| Liotyphlops wilderi | (Garman, 1883) | — | Brazil (Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro). |
T = Type species[1]
Nota bene: A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liotyphlops.
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, D.C.: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series), ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b "Liotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Genus Liotyphlops at The Reptile Database – The Reptile Database.
Further reading
- Peters W (1881). "Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen. 1. Uebersicht der zu den Familien der Typhlopes und Stenostomi gehörigen Gattungen oder Untergattungen". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1881 (4): 69–71. (Liotyphlops, new genus, p. 69). (in German).
- Freiberg M (1982). 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).