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Leptotyphlopidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Leptotyphlopidae (commonly called slender blind snakes or thread snakes) are a family of snakes found in North and South America, Africa, and Asia. All are fossorial and adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites. Two genera are recognized comprising 87 species.
View Wikipedia Record: Leptotyphlopidae

Genus

Epacrophis (3)
Epictia (44)
Habrophallos (1)
Leptotyphlops (slender blind snakes) (23)
Mitophis (4)
Myriopholis (24)
Namibiana (5)
Rena (12)
Rhinoguinea (1)
Rhinoleptus (Villier's blind snakes) (1)
Siagonodon (4)
Tetracheilostoma (3)
Tricheilostoma (6)
Trilepida (14)

(...) = Species count

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