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Liotyphlops

Liotyphlops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Anomalepididae
Genus: Liotyphlops
W. Peters, 1881
Synonyms
  • Rhinotyphlops
    W. Peters, 1857
  • Liotyphlops
    W. Peters, 1881

Liotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes found in Central and South America. Currently, ten species are recognized.

Found in Central and South America from Costa Rica to Paraguay.

T) Type species.

In the 21st century three additional new species have been described.

Nota bene: A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liotyphlops.


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