Liotyphlops Explained

Liotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Anomalepididae. The genus is native to Central America and South America. It contains 12 species that are recognized as being valid.[1]

Geographic range

Species of Liotyphlops are found in Central America and South America from Costa Rica to Paraguay.

Taxonomy

Head scutellation characters are certainly useful for identifications based on external morphology. Liotyphlops fossorial, cryptozonic habits, and nocturnal activity.

Species

SpeciesTaxon authorCommon nameGeographic range
Liotyphlops albirostrisT(W. Peters, 1857)Southern Central America, including Costa Rica and Panama, and northern South America in Colombia, Ecuador and north-central Venezuela. Also found on the island of Curaçao.
Liotyphlops anops(Cope, 1899)Colombia in the departments of Meta, Santander and Cundinamarca.
Liotyphlops argaleusDixon & Kofron, 1984Colombia: Cundinamarca Department.
Liotyphlops bondensis(Griffin, 1916)Armando's blindsnakeColombia
Liotyphlops caissaraCenteno, Sawaya & Germano, 2010Brazil
Liotyphlops haadiSilva-Haad, Franco & Maldonado, 2008Colombia
Liotyphlops palauophisMarra Santos, 2023Colombia
Liotyphlops schubartiVanzolini, 1948Brazil: Pirassununga in São Paulo.
Liotyphlops tayloriMarra-Santos & Reis, 2018Brazil in Mato Grosso.
Liotyphlops ternetzii(Boulenger, 1896)Brazil (Pará, Goiás, São Paulo and Mato Grosso), Paraguay and Uruguay.
Liotyphlops trefautiFreire, Caramasche & Suzart Argôlo, 2007Brazil.
Liotyphlops wilderi(Garman, 1883)Brazil in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.
T) Type species.

Nota bene

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

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. www.reptile-database.org.