Common name |
Scientific name[2] |
Taxon author[2] |
Habitat & Range |
Ethiopian worm snake |
Leptotyphlops aethiopicus[3] |
Broadley & Wallach, 2007 |
Habitat: Forest, grassland
Range: Ethiopia, Kenya[4] |
Cape thread snake

|
Leptotyphlops conjunctus |
(Jan, 1861) |
Habitat: Grassland
Range: South Africa (Eastern Cape Province)[5] |
Distant's thread snake

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Leptotyphlops distanti |
(Boulenger, 1892) |
Habitat: Savanna, grassland
Range: Mozambique, South Africa (Limpopo Province, North-West Province, Mpumalanga, Gauteng)[6] |
Emin Pasha’s worm snake |
Leptotyphlops emini |
(Boulenger, 1890) |
Habitat: Savanna, shrubland
Range: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia[7] |
Howell’s worm snake |
Leptotyphlops howelli [3] |
Broadley & Wallach, 2007 |
Habitat: Forest, savanna
Range: Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania[8] |
Incognito thread snake

|
Leptotyphlops incognitus[3] |
Broadley & Watson, 1976 |
Habitat: Savanna, grassland
Range: Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa (Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga), Zambia, Zimbabwe[9] |
Jacobsen's thread snake

|
Leptotyphlops jacobseni [3] |
Broadley & S. Broadley, 1999 |
Habitat: Grassland
Range: South Africa (Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga)[10] |
Shaba thread snake |
Leptotyphlops kafubi [3] |
(Boulenger, 1919) |
Habitat: Savanna, artificial / terrestrial
Range: Angola, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia[11] |
Mount Kenya worm snake |
Leptotyphlops keniensis[3] |
Broadley & Wallach, 2007 |
Habitat: Shrubland
Range: Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania[12] |
Uvira worm snake |
Leptotyphlops latirostris[3] |
(Sternfeld, 1912) |
Habitat: Savanna
Range: Burundi, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, United Republic of Tanzania[13] |
Goggle-eyed worm snake

|
Leptotyphlops macrops |
Broadley & Wallach, 1996 |
Habitat: Forest, savanna, artificial / terrestrial
Range: Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania[14] |
Mbanja worm snake |
Leptotyphlops mbanjensis[3] |
Broadley & Wallach, 2007 |
Habitat: Artificial / terrestrial
Range: United Republic of Tanzania[15] |
Merker’s thread snake |
Leptotyphlops merkeri [3] |
(F. Werner, 1909) |
Habitat: Savanna, shrubland, grassland, artificial / terrestrial, introduced vegetation
Range: Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania[16] |
Black thread snake

|
Leptotyphlops nigricansT |
(Schlegel, 1839) |
Habitat: Savanna, shrubland, grassland
Range: South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape)[17] |
Black-tip worm snake |
Leptotyphlops nigroterminus[3] |
Broadley & Wallach, 2007 |
Habitat: Savanna, shrubland
Range: Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania[18] |
Pemba worm snake
|
Leptotyphlops pembae[3] |
Loveridge, 1941 |
Habitat: Grassland, artificial / terrestrial
Range: Pemba Island, Tanzania[19] |
Pitman’s thread snake |
Leptotyphlops pitmani [3] |
Broadley & Wallach, 2007 |
Habitat: Savanna
Range: Kenya, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda[20] |
N/A |
Leptotyphlops pungwensis[3] |
Broadley & Wallach, 1997 |
Range: Mozambique[21] |
Peter's thread snake

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Leptotyphlops scutifrons |
(W. Peters, 1854) |
Habitat: Savanna, shrubland, grassland
Range: Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe[22] |
Forest thread snake

|
Leptotyphlops sylvicolus[3] |
Broadley & Wallach, 1997 |
Habitat: Forest, grassland
Range: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province)[23] |
Tello's thread snake |
Leptotyphlops telloi |
Broadley & Watson, 1976 |
Habitat: Savanna
Range: Eswatini, Mozambique[24] |