Helminthophis

Helminthophis is a genus of non-venomous blind snakes found in southern Central America and northwestern South America. Currently, 3 monotypic species are recognized.^[2]

Helminthophis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Anomalepididae
Genus:	Helminthophis Peters, 1860
Synonyms
Helminthophis - Peters, 1860 Idiotyphlops - Jan In Jan & Sordelli, 1860[1]

Common names: (none).

Geographic range

Found in southern Central America and northwestern South America in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. According to Hahn (1980), one species has possibly been introduced in Mauritius.^[1]

Species

Species[2]	Taxon author[2]	Common name	Geographic range[1]
Helminthophis flavoterminatus	(Peters, 1857)		South America in Colombia and Venezuela. Possibly introduced in Mauritius.
Helminthophis frontalisT	(Peters, 1860)		Central America: Costa Rica and Panama.
Helminthophis praeocularis	Amaral, 1924		South America: northern Colombia in the inter-Andean areas of Tolima, Santander and Norte de Santander provinces.

^T) Type species.^[1]