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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)   * Epictia albifrons Yellow-headed Thread Snake Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 Wallach 2016   Epictia australis Rio Negro Thread Snake Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Lema 1994   * Epictia borapeliotes Caatinga Thread Snake Arzabe, Skuk, Santana, Delfim, Lima & Abrantes 2005 Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Costa, Laranjeiras, Caldas, Santana, Silva, Alcantara, Brito, Galdino, Mesquita, Faria, Franca, Avila & Garda 2018 Francisco, Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Freitas, Abegg, Silva Araujo, Almeida Coelho, Santos Azevedo, Frazao Chaves & Barbosa de Moura 2019 Freitas, Verissimo & Uhlig 2012 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Hahn 1980 [as Leptotyphlops albifrons] Hamdan & Lira-da-Silva 2012 Lima-Verde & Cascon 1990 [as Leptotyphlops albifrons] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Melo Araujo, Rodrigues, Nunes & Andrade 2020 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 Oliveira Lima, Andrade, Lima da Silva & Reis Dias 2022 Oliveira, Araujo, Oliveira & Avila 2021 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as Leptotyphlops albifrons] Ribeiro, Roberto, Sales, Avila & Almeida 2012 Roberto & Loebmann 2016 Roberto & Veiga Mendonca 2009 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Sampaio, Santos, Franca, Pedrosa, Sole & Franca 2018 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Ulloa 2006 Vanzolini 1996 Vanzolini, Ramos-Costa & Vitt 1980 [as Leptotyphlops albifrons] Wallach 2016   * Epictia clinorostris Flat-nosed Thread Snake Arredondo & Zaher 2010 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ferreira, Terra, Piatti, Delatorre, Strussmann, Beda, Kawashita-Ribeiro, Landgref-Filho, Aoki, Campos, Souza, Avila, Duleba, Martins, Rita & Albuquerque 2017 Francisco, Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019   Epictia munoai Rio Grande do Sul Thread Snake Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Francisco, Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Hahn 1980 Lema 1994 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 Outeiral, Balestrin, Cappellari, Lema & Ferreira 2018 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Souza Filho & Verrastro 2012   Epictia striatula Yungas Thread Snake Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Francisco, Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019   Epictia tenella Guyana Thread Snake Avila-Pires 2005 [as albifrons] Bernarde, Albuquerque, Barros & Turci 2012 Carvalho, Souza Alencar & Carvalho-Vilar 2007 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 [as E. albifrons] Dias-Lima 2008 Francisco, Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Prudente, Melo Sarmento, Camara Costa, Moreira Dourado, Meireles dos Santos, Ferreira Lima, Dias Lima & Galatti 2020 [as E. albifrons] Santos, Avila & Kawashita-Ribeiro 2011 Wallach 2016   Epictia vellardi Argentine Thread Snake Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ferreira, Terra, Piatti, Delatorre, Strussmann, Beda, Kawashita-Ribeiro, Landgref-Filho, Aoki, Campos, Souza, Avila, Duleba, Martins, Rita & Albuquerque 2017 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 Genus Habrophallos (Collared Thread Snake)   Habrophallos collaris Collared Thread Snake Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 Genus Siagonodon (Mandible-toothed Thread Snakes)   Siagonodon cupinensis Mato Grosso Thread Snake Avila-Pires, Hoogmoed & Rocha 2010 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Francisco, Pinto & Fernandes 2018 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Pinto & Curcio 2011   Siagonodon septemstriatus Eastern Seven-lined Thread Snake Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Avila-Pires 2005 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Francisco, Pinto & Fernandes 2018 Hahn 1980 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 Nascimento, Avila-Pires & Cunha 1987 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 O'Shea 1990 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Pinto & Curcio 2011 Prudente, Melo Sarmento, Camara Costa, Moreira Dourado, Meireles dos Santos, Ferreira Lima, Dias Lima & Galatti 2020 Genus Trilepida (Three-scaled Thread Snakes)   * Trilepida acutirostris Brazilian Sharp-nosed Thread Snake Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Francisco, Pinto & Fernandes 2018 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 Pinto & Curcio 2011 Recoder, Junior, Camacho, Nunes, Mott, Valdujo, Ghellere, Nogueira & Rodrigues 2011   * Trilepida brasiliensis Bahia Thread Snake Borges-Nojosa, Alencar Oliveira & Bezerra Maia 2009 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Curcio, Zaher & Rodrigues 2002 Ferreira, Terra, Piatti, Delatorre, Strussmann, Beda, Kawashita-Ribeiro, Landgref-Filho, Aoki, Campos, Souza, Avila, Duleba, Martins, Rita & Albuquerque 2017 Freitas, Colli, Entiauspe-Neto, Trinchao, Araujo, Oliveira Lima, Franca, Gaiga & Dias 2016 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Hahn 1980 Hamdan & Lira-da-Silva 2012 Lima Silveira 2010 Loebmann & Haddad 2010 [as "cf. brasiliensis"] Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Pinto & Curcio 2011 Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Pinto, Passos & Caramaschi 2005 Ribeiro Moura, Magalhaes Pirani & Silva 2013 Ribeiro, Roberto, Sales, Avila & Almeida 2012 Roberto & Loebmann 2016 Rodrigues & Puorto 1994 Vechio, Recoder, Rodrigues & Zaher 2013   Trilepida dimidiata Dainty Thread Snake Avila-Pires 2005 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Cunha & Nascimento 1980 Hahn 1980 Jan 1861 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 O'Shea 1990 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Pinto & Fernandes 2012   * Trilepida fuliginosa Preto River Thread Snake Campos Nogueira 2001 [as koppesi] Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Silva Braz 2013 Guedes, Queiroz, Sousa & Hamdan 2020 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 Moreira, Fenolio, Silva & Silva 2009 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 Passos, Caramaschi & Pinto 2006 Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Vechio, Teixeira Junior, Recoder, Rodrigues & Zaher 2016 [as "cf. fuliginosa"]   * Trilepida jani Espinhaco Mountains Thread Snake Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Lima Silveira, Silverio Pires & Agostini-Cotta 2004 [as dimidiata] Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 Passos, Caramaschi & Pinto 2006 [as dimidiata] Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Sao-Pedro & Pires 2009 [as dimidiata]   * Trilepida koppesi Terenos Thread Snake Carvalho, Silva, Ferreira, Souza & Santana 2018 Cintra, Silva & Silva 2009 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ferreira, Terra, Piatti, Delatorre, Strussmann, Beda, Kawashita-Ribeiro, Landgref-Filho, Aoki, Campos, Souza, Avila, Duleba, Martins, Rita & Albuquerque 2017 Filogonio & Canelas 2015 Fiorillo, Maciel & Martins 2021 Freitas, Colli, Entiauspe-Neto, Trinchao, Araujo, Oliveira Lima, Franca, Gaiga & Dias 2016 Freitas, Verissimo & Uhlig 2012 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Lopes Santos, Pereira de Andrade, Victor-Junior & Vaz-Silva 2014 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 Oliveira-Araujo, Correa-Filho & Sawaya 2010 Passos, Caramaschi & Pinto 2006 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Ramalho, Silva, Soares, Ferraz, Arruda & Prado 2018 Sawaya, Marques & Martins 2008 Silva, Cintra, Silva, Costa, Amaral-Souza, Pacheco & Goncalves 2009 Valdujo & Nogueira 2001 Vaz-Silva, Guimaraes-Guedes, Azevedo-Silva, Gontijo, Barbosa, Aloisio & Oliveira 2007 Zaher, Barbo, Martinez, Nogueira, Rodrigues & Sawaya 2011   Trilepida macrolepis Large-scaled Thread Snake Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Avila-Pires 2005 Avila-Pires, Vitt, Sartorius & Zani 2009 Bernarde & Abe 2006 Bernarde, Albuquerque, Barros & Turci 2012 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Frota, Santos, Chaldikis & Guedes 2005 Hahn 1980 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Mendes-Pinto & Souza 2011 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 O'Shea 1990 Passos, Caramaschi & Pinto 2006 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Pinto & Fernandes 2017 Silva 1993   * Trilepida salgueiroi Espirito Santo Thread Snake Bilate & Ribeiro Costa 2005 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Costa, Pinto & Santana 2009 Figueiredo-de-Andrade, Oliveira-Nogueira & Junior 2011 Freitas 2014 Freitas, Abegg, Ribeiro Dias & Figueiredo Moraes 2018 Freitas, Santos Silva, Mendes Fonseca, Hamdan, Filadelfo & Abegg 2019 Hahn 1980 Hamdan & Lira-da-Silva 2012 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Moura, Motta, Fernandes & Feio 2012 Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019 Oliveira, Gonzalez, Passos, Vrcibradic & Rocha 2020 Passos, Caramaschi & Pinto 2005 Passos, Caramaschi & Pinto 2006 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Silva Cozer, Pereira-Ribeiro, Meirelles Linause, Colombo Ferreguetti, Godoy Bergallo & Rocha 2020 Silva-Soares, Ferreira, Salles & Rocha 2011 Souza-Costa, Mira-Mendes, Ribeiro Dias, Brito Silva, Argolo & Sole 2020