Typhlops
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Typhlopinae
Genus: Typhlops
Species (21):
T. agoralionis –
T. capitulatus –
T. cubae –
T. eperopeus –
T. gonavensis –
T. hectus –
T. jamaicensis –
T. leptolepis –
T. lumbricalis –
T. oxyrhinus –
T. pachyrhinus –
T. proancylops –
T. pusillus –
T. rostellatus –
T. schwartzi –
T. silus –
T. sulcatus –
T. sylleptor –
T. syntherus –
T. tetrathyreus –
T. titanops
Name
- Type species: Anguis lumbricalis Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation of Fitzinger (1843: 24).
References
Primary references
- Oppel, M. 1811. Die Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien als Prodrom einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Joseph Lindauer: München. XII + 86 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Domínguez, M. & Díaz, Jr., R.E. 2011. Taxonomy of the Blind Snakes Associated with Typhlops lumbricalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scolecophidia, Typhlopidae) from the Bahamas Islands and Cuba. Herpetologica 67(2): 194–211. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICAD-10-00024.1 Reference page.
- Domínguez, M., Fong G., A. & Iturriaga, M. 2013. A new blind snake (Typhlopidae) from northeastern Cuba. Zootaxa 3681(2): 136–146. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.2.2
Reference page. - Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829(1): 1–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1 Reference page.
- Nagy, Z., Marion, A.B., Glaw, F., Miralles, A., Nopper, J., Vences, M. & Hedges, S.B. 2015. Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes). Zootaxa 4040(1): 31–47. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.1.3 Reference page.
- Iturriaga, M., Domínguez, M. & Reynoso, V.H. 2024. Resurrection of Typhlops cubae Bibron, 1843 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), with taxonomic comments on the Typhlops lumbricalis species group. Zootaxa 5507(4): 534–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5507.4.2 Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Typhlops . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 February 2025.
