Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
January 31st, 2025.
 
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Genus
Anomalepis
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Odd-scaled Blind Snakes, Dawn Blind Snakes
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Verschiedenschuppige Blindschlangen
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Uensskællede Ormeslanger
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1860 |  |
Anomalepis Jan in Jan & Sordelli (type species: Anomalepis mexicanus Jan 1860) |
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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.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Anomalepis.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Anomalepis aspinosa
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Cajamarca Blind Snake, Peruvian Dawn Blind Snake
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Cajamarca-Blindschlange
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Cajamarca-ormeslange
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Anomalepis aspinosus Taylor |
Distribution:
Peru.
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Anomalepis colombia
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Caldas Blind Snake, Colombian Dawn Blind Snake
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Caldas-Blindschlange
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Caldas-ormeslange
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1953 | |
Anomalepis colombia Marx |
Distribution:
Colombia.
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Anomalepis flavapices
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Esmeraldas Blind Snake, Ecuadorian Dawn Blind Snake
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Esmaraldas-Blindschlange
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Esmaraldas-ormeslange
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1957 | |
Anomalepis flavapices Peters |
Remarks:
Presence in Peru needs confirmation (Vanegas-Guerrero, Martins, Quiñones-Betancurt & Lynch 2019).
Distribution:
Ecuador.
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Anomalepis mexicana
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Lower Central American Blind Snake, Central American Dawn Blind Snake
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Zentralamerikanische Blindschlange
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Centralamerikansk Ormeslange
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1860 | |
Anomalepis mexicanus Jan |
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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.
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