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Snakes (Serpentes)

   Genera


Epacrophis
Thorn-tailed Thread Snakes


Epictia
Neotropical Thread Snakes


Habrophallos
Collared Thread Snake


Leptotyphlops
Typical Thread Snakes


Mitophis
Hispaniola Thread Snakes


Myriopholis
Many-scaled Thread Snakes


Namibiana
Southwest African Thread Snakes


Rena
Maroon Thread Snakes


Rhinoguinea
West African Long-tailed Thread Snake


Rhinoleptus
West African Sharp-nosed Thread Snake


Siagonodon
Mandible-toothed Thread Snakes


Tetracheilostoma
Lesser Antillean Thread Snakes


Tricheilostoma
West African Forest Thread Snakes


Trilepida
Three-scaled Thread Snakes

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: June 24th, 2024.


Biodiversity of the family Leptotyphlopidae Bibliography of the family Leptotyphlopidae

Leptotyphlopidae

Thread Snakes
Fadenschlangen*, Schlankblindschlangen     Trådslanger




Contents: Endemicity:
14 genera of which 2 (14.3%) are endemic  0% 100%
147 species of which 80 (54.4%) are endemic  0% 100%

Remarks: Until recently, all species of this family, except Rhinoleptus koniagui, were included in the genus Leptotyphlops. Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges (2009) revised the systematics of the family, recognizing twelve valid genera. Wallach (2003) recommended the restriction of the name Worm Snakes to the family Leptotyphlopidae, whereas the family Typhlopidae should be called Blind Snakes. Although the latter suggestion has been followed in most publications, both since and before Wallach's suggestion, the former has not. Currently, most works have retained the name Thread Snakes for the familiy Leptotyphlopidae (e.g., Crother (ed.) 2008; Liner & Casas-Andreu 2008), presumably because the name Thread Snakes has only been used for this family, whereas Worm Snake has been used for both, as well as for other snake genera (e.g., Carphophis, Trachischium, Gerrhopilus).

Distribution:  North America, Central America, South America, West Indies, Africa, Middle East, SW. Asia.

Reported from:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Surinam, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.