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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Anomalepididae
Bibliography of the genus Anomalepis
Biodiversity of the family Anomalepididae








Genus
Anomalepis

Odd-scaled Blind Snakes, Dawn Blind Snakes

Verschiedenschuppige Blindschlangen

Uensskællede Ormeslanger

1860 Anomalepis Jan in Jan & Sordelli (type species: Anomalepis mexicanus Jan 1860)
1893 Anomalolepis Günther [substitute name for Anomalepis Jan 1860]
Contents: 4 species, of which 3 (75.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Böhme & Denzer (2019) noted that the grammatical gender of Anomalepis is feminine.
Distribution: Central America, NW. South America.
Reported from: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru.

Anomalepis aspinosa

Cajamarca Blind Snake, Peruvian Dawn Blind Snake

Cajamarca-Blindschlange

Cajamarca-ormeslange

1939 Anomalepis aspinosus Taylor

Distribution: Peru.


Anomalepis colombia

Caldas Blind Snake, Colombian Dawn Blind Snake

Caldas-Blindschlange

Caldas-ormeslange

1953 Anomalepis colombia Marx

Distribution: Colombia.


Anomalepis flavapices

Esmeraldas Blind Snake, Ecuadorian Dawn Blind Snake

Esmaraldas-Blindschlange

Esmaraldas-ormeslange

1957 Anomalepis flavapices Peters

Remarks: Presence in Peru needs confirmation (Vanegas-Guerrero, Martins, Quiñones-Betancurt & Lynch 2019).
Distribution: Ecuador.


Anomalepis mexicana

Lower Central American Blind Snake, Central American Dawn Blind Snake

Zentralamerikanische Blindschlange

Centralamerikansk Ormeslange

1860 Anomalepis mexicanus Jan
1939 Anomalepis dentatus Taylor (Hahn 1980)

Remarks: The type locality, Mexico, is believed to be in error (Kofron 1988; Savage 2002; McCranie 2011).
Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru.