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Leptotyphlops (slender blind snakes)

Synonyms: Leptotypheops

Wikipedia Abstract

Leptotyphlops is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes, commonly known as slender blind snakes and threadsnakes, found throughout North and South America, Africa, India and southwestern Asia. Currently, 87 species are recognized.
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Species

Leptotyphlops aethiopicus (Ethiopian worm snake)
Leptotyphlops conjunctus (Cape thread snake)
Leptotyphlops distanti (Distant's Thread Snake)
Leptotyphlops emini (Emin Pasha's worm snake)
Leptotyphlops howelli (HowellÂ’s worm snake)
Leptotyphlops incognitus (Incognito Thread Snake) (Attributes)
Leptotyphlops ionidesi
Leptotyphlops jacobseni
Leptotyphlops kafubi (Shaba thread snake)
Leptotyphlops keniensis (Mount Kenya worm snake)
Leptotyphlops latirostris (Uvira worm snake)
Leptotyphlops macrops (Goggle-eyed worm snake)
Leptotyphlops mbanjensis (Mbanja worm snake)
Leptotyphlops merkeri
Leptotyphlops nigricans
Leptotyphlops nigroterminus (Black-tip worm snake)
Leptotyphlops pembae (Pemba worm snake) (Attributes)
Leptotyphlops pitmani (Pitmans Thread Snake)
Leptotyphlops pungwensis
Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Peter's Thread Snake)
Leptotyphlops sylvicolus (Forest Thread Snake)
Leptotyphlops tanae
Leptotyphlops telloi (Tello's Thread Snake)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0