Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes):
countries and regions with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Peru
 19
No. 2
Brazil
 18
No. 3
Mexico
 17
No. 4
Kenya
 14
No. 5
Tanzania
 12
No. 6
South Africa
 10
No. 7
Argentina
 9
No. 8
Colombia
 9
No. 9
Mali
 8
No. 10
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
 8
No. 11
Mozambique
 7
No. 12
Somalia
 7
No. 13
Venezuela
 7
No. 14
Yemen
 7
No. 15
Bolivia
 6
No. 16
Chad
 6
No. 17
Ecuador
 6
No. 18
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 6
No. 19
Ethiopia
 6
No. 20
Limpopo [South Africa]
 6
No. 21
Mpumalanga [South Africa]
 6
No. 22
Surinam
 6
No. 23
Angola
 5
No. 24
Bahia [Brazil]
 5
No. 25
Burkina Faso
 5
No. 26
Cameroon
 5
No. 27
Eswatini
 5
No. 28
French Guiana [France]
 5
No. 29
Ghana
 5
No. 30
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
 5
No. 31
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
 5
No. 32
Michoacan [Mexico]
 5
No. 33
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
 5
No. 34
Namibia
 5
No. 35
Niger
 5
No. 36
Nigeria
 5
No. 37
Para [Brazil]
 5
No. 38
Paraguay
 5
No. 39
Zambia
 5
No. 40
Amazonas [Brazil]
 4
No. 41
Congo-Kinshasa
 4
No. 42
Eastern Cape [South Africa]
 4
No. 43
Gauteng [South Africa]
 4
No. 44
Goias [Brazil]
 4
No. 45
Guinea
 4
No. 46
Guinea-Bissau
 4
No. 47
Guyana
 4
No. 48
Hidalgo [Mexico]
 4
No. 49
Hispaniola [Dominican Republic / Haiti]
 4
No. 50
Honduras
 4
No. 51
Ivory Coast
 4
No. 52
Malawi
 4
No. 53
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 4
No. 54
Rondonia [Brazil]
 4
No. 55
Roraima [Brazil]
 4
No. 56
Rwanda
 4
No. 57
Senegal
 4
No. 58
Sudan
 4
No. 59
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
 4
No. 60
Tocantins [Brazil]
 4
No. 61
USA
 4
No. 62
Yemeni mainland [Yemen]
 4
No. 63
Arizona [USA]
 3
No. 64
Central African Republic
 3
No. 65
Chihuahua [Mexico]
 3
No. 66
Coahuila [Mexico]
 3
No. 67
Dominican Republic
 3
No. 68
Egypt
 3
No. 69
Eritrea
 3
No. 70
Gambia
 3
No. 71
Guerrero [Mexico]
 3
No. 72
Maranhao [Brazil]
 3
No. 73
Mauritania
 3
No. 74
North West Province [South Africa]
 3
No. 75
Northern Cape [South Africa]
 3
No. 76
Nuevo Leon [Mexico]
 3
No. 77
Queretaro [Mexico]
 3
No. 78
San Luis Potosi [Mexico]
 3
No. 79
Saudi Arabia
 3
No. 80
Socotra [Yemen]
 3
No. 81
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
 3
No. 82
Texas [USA]
 3
No. 83
Togo
 3
No. 84
Zimbabwe
 3
No. 85
Baja California Sur [Mexico]
 2
No. 86
Barbados
 2
No. 87
Benin
 2
No. 88
Botswana
 2
No. 89
Burundi
 2
No. 90
Ceara [Brazil]
 2
No. 91
Colima [Mexico]
 2
No. 92
Cozumel [Mexico]
 2
No. 93
Durango [Mexico]
 2
No. 94
El Salvador
 2
No. 95
Equatorial Guinea
 2
No. 96
Free State [South Africa]
 2
No. 97
Haiti
 2
No. 98
Iran
 2
No. 99
Isla Cerralvo [Mexico]
 2
No. 100
Israel
 2
No. 101
Jalisco [Mexico]
 2
No. 102
Jordan
 2
No. 103
Kansas [USA]
 2
No. 104
Nayarit [Mexico]
 2
No. 105
New Mexico [USA]
 2
No. 106
Oklahoma [USA]
 2
No. 107
Oman
 2
No. 108
Pakistan
 2
No. 109
Panama
 2
No. 110
Paraiba [Brazil]
 2
No. 111
Pernambuco [Brazil]
 2
No. 112
Piaui [Brazil]
 2
No. 113
Puebla [Mexico]
 2
No. 114
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
 2
No. 115
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
 2
No. 116
Sinai [Egypt]
 2
No. 117
Sonora [Mexico]
 2
No. 118
South Sudan
 2
No. 119
Uganda
 2
No. 120
Veracruz [Mexico]
 2
No. 121
Western Cape [South Africa]
 2
No. 122
Afghanistan
 1
No. 123
Alagoas [Brazil]
 1
No. 124
Algeria
 1
No. 125
Amapa [Brazil]
 1
No. 126
Bahamas
 1
No. 127
Baja California Norte [Mexico]
 1
No. 128
Barbareta [Honduras]
 1
No. 129
Bazaruto [Mozambique]
 1
No. 130
Bazaruto Archipelago [Mozambique]
 1
No. 131
Belize
 1
No. 132
Benguerua [Mozambique]
 1
No. 133
Bioko [Equatorial Guinea]
 1
No. 134
Bonaire [Netherlands]
 1
No. 135
California [USA]
 1
No. 136
Cayo Cochino Major [Honduras]
 1
No. 137
Cayo Cochino Pequeno [Honduras]
 1
No. 138
Cayos Cochinos [Honduras]
 1
No. 139
Chiapas [Mexico]
 1
No. 140
Colorado [USA]
 1
No. 141
Congo-Brazzaville
 1
No. 142
Costa Rica
 1
No. 143
Dahlak Archipelago [Eritrea]
 1
No. 144
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
 1
No. 145
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
 1
No. 146
Gabon
 1
No. 147
Guanaja [Honduras]
 1
No. 148
Guanajuato [Mexico]
 1
No. 149
Guatemala
 1
No. 150
Gujarat [India]
 1
No. 151
India
 1
No. 152
Iraq
 1
No. 153
Isla Carmen [Mexico]
 1
No. 154
Isla Cedros [Mexico]
 1
No. 155
Isla Grande del Cisne [Honduras]
 1
No. 156
Isla Pequena del Cisne [Honduras]
 1
No. 157
Isla San Marcos [Mexico]
 1
No. 158
Isla Santa Catalina [Mexico]
 1
No. 159
Islas de la Bahia [Honduras]
 1
No. 160
Islas del Cisne [Honduras]
 1
No. 161
Lamu [Kenya]
 1
No. 162
Lesotho
 1
No. 163
Libya
 1
No. 164
Mafia [Tanzania]
 1
No. 165
Manda [Kenya]
 1
No. 166
Margarita [Venezuela]
 1
No. 167
Maria Islands [Saint Lucia]
 1
No. 168
Martinique [France]
 1
No. 169
Mexico state [Mexico]
 1
No. 170
Mexico state [Mexico]
 1
No. 171
Morelos [Mexico]
 1
No. 172
Morocco
 1
No. 173
Nevada [USA]
 1
No. 174
Nicaragua
 1
No. 175
Palestine [Israel]
 1
No. 176
Pemba [Tanzania]
 1
No. 177
Providencia [Colombia]
 1
No. 178
Punjab [India]
 1
No. 179
Rajasthan [India]
 1
No. 180
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
 1
No. 181
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
 1
No. 182
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 1
No. 183
Roatan [Honduras]
 1
No. 184
Saint Lucia
 1
No. 185
San Andres [Colombia]
 1
No. 186
San Andres, Providencia & Santa Catalina [Colombia]
 1
No. 187
San Salvador Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 188
Santa Carolina [Mozambique]
 1
No. 189
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
 1
No. 190
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
 1
No. 191
Sergipe [Brazil]
 1
No. 192
Sinaloa [Mexico]
 1
No. 193
Tobago [Trinidad & Tobago]
 1
No. 194
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
 1
No. 195
Trinidad & Tobago
 1
No. 196
Tunisia
 1
No. 197
Turkey
 1
No. 198
United Arab Emirates
 1
No. 199
Uruguay
 1
No. 200
Utah [USA]
 1
No. 201
Utila [Honduras]
 1
No. 202
Western Sahara
 1
No. 203
Yucatan [Mexico]
 1