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]
Species of Liotyphlops are found in Central America and South America from Costa Rica to Paraguay.
Head scutellation characters are certainly useful for identifications based on external morphology. Liotyphlops fossorial, cryptozonic habits, and nocturnal activity.
| Species | Taxon author | Common name | Geographic 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 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 in São Paulo. | |
| Liotyphlops taylori | Marra-Santos & Reis, 2018 | Brazil in 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 in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. | |
A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liotyphlops.