Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
January 1st, 2025.
Gerrhopilidae
 
Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes
Indomalaiische Blindschlangen*
Indo-malayiske Ormeslanger
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Contents:
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2 genera of which none are endemic* | 0%  100%
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30 species of which 29 (96.7%) are endemic | 0%  100%
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*Distribution, hence endemicity, of the single species of the genus Cathetorhinus is unknown.
Remarks:
The family Gerrhopilidae was separated from the family
Typhlopidae
by Vidal, Marin, Morini, Donnellan, Branch, Thomas, Vences, Wynn, Cruaud & Hedges (2010) as a monogeneric family, containing only the genus
Gerrhopilus.
Subsequently,
Cathetorhinus
was resurrected from the synonymy of
Ramphotyphlops
(Typhlopidae)
and transferred to Gerrhopilidae by Pyron & Wallach (2014).
Distribution:
S. Asia, Malay Archipelago.
Reported from:
India,
Indonesia,
Papua New Guinea,
Philippines,
Sri Lanka,
Thailand.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the world's snakes (menu).
Compiled by V. Wallach
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