Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Gerrhopilidae Bibliography of the genus Cathetorhinus Biodiversity of the family Gerrhopilidae Genus Cathetorhinus Black-headed Blind Snake Schwarzkopf-Blindschlange Sorthovedet Ormeslange 1844 Cathetorhinus Dumeril & Bibron (type species: Cathetorhinus melanocephalus Dumeril & Bibron 1844) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Previously included in the genus Typhlops (Typhlopidae) (e.g., Hahn 1980; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999). Revalidated by Wallach & Pauwels (2008). Subsequently, synonymized with Ramphotyphlops (also Typhlopidae) (Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014), but resurrected again and transferred to Gerrhopilidae by Pyron & Wallach (2014). Distribution: Unknown. Cathetorhinus melanocephalus Black-headed Blind Snake Schwarzkopf-Blindschlange Sorthovedet Ormeslange 1844 Cathetorhinus melanocephalus Dumeril & Bibron Typhlops melanocephalus Jan & Sordelli 1860 Ramphotyphlops melanocephalus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 Remarks: The provenance of melanocephalus still remains unknown, apart from being somewhere in the Old World. It has been suggested that it could be from Timor, Australia, Mauritius or Tenerife (Wallach & Pauwels 2008; Cheke 2010). Distribution: Unknown.