Liotyphlops

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.^[2][3]

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[1]

Geographic range

Species of Liotyphlops are found in Central America and South America from Costa Rica to Paraguay.^[1]

Taxonomy

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

Species

Species[2]	Taxon author[2]	Common name	Geographic range[1]
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.

^T) Type species.^[1]

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