Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
July 22nd, 2024.
 
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Genus
Liotyphlops
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Smooth Blind Snakes, (Slender Blind Snakes)
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Glattschuppen-Blindschlangen
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Glatte Ormeslanger
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1857 |  |
Rhinotyphlops Peters [not Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger 1843 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)] (type species: Rhinotyphlops albirostris Peters 1857) |
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1881 | |
Liotyphlops Peters [substitute name for Rhinotyphlops Peters 1857] |
Contents:
15 species, of which 12 (80.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
S. Central America, South America.
Reported from:
Argentina,
Brazil
(Alagoas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Distrito Federal,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para,
Paraiba,
Parana,
Pernambuco,
Rio de Janeiro
[incl.
Ilha Grande Island],
Rio Grande do Sul,
Santa Catarina,
Sao Paulo
[incl.
Sao Sebastiao],
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Curacao,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Panama,
Paraguay,
Uruguay,
Venezuela.
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Liotyphlops albirostris
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White-nosed Blind Snake, (Central American Slender Blind Snake)
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Weissnasen-Blindschlange
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Hvidsnudet Ormeslange
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1857 | |
Rhinotyphlops albirostris Peters |
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Liotyphlops albirostris Peters 1881 |
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Helminthophis albirostris Boulenger 1893 |
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1883 | |
Typhlops emunctus Garman (Hahn 1980) |
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Helmithophis emunctus Cope 1887 |
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1903 | |
Helminthophis canellei Mocquard (Hahn 1980) |
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1944 | |
Liotyphlops cucutae Dunn (Dixon & Kofron 1983) |
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1958 | |
Liotyphlops rowanii Smith & Grant (Dixon & Kofron 1983) |
Remarks:
Distribution in Costa Rica is unclear, since the species is known from only a single specimen without exact locality information (Savage 2002).
The specimen is likely to have come from southeastern Costa Rica, being closest to the nearest Panamanian records.
Distribution:
Costa Rica,
Panama.
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Liotyphlops anops
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Bogota Blind Snake
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Bogota-Blindschlange
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Bogota-ormeslange
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1899 | |
Helminthophis anops Cope |
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Liotyphlops anops Dunn 1944 |
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1944 | |
Liotyphlops metae Dunn (Dixon & Kofron 1983) |
Distribution:
Colombia.
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Liotyphlops argaleus
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Cundinamarca Blind Snake, (Meta Slender Blind Snake)
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Cundinamarca-Blindschlange
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Cundinamarca-ormeslange
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1983 | |
Liotyphlops argaleus Dixon & Kofron |
Distribution:
Colombia.
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Liotyphlops bondensis
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Bonda Blind Snake
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Bonda-Blindschlange
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Bonda-ormeslange
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1916 | |
Helminthophis bondensis Griffin |
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Liotyphlops bondensis Linares-Vargas, Bolívar-García, Herrera-Martínez, Osorio-Domínguez, Ospina, Thomas & Daza 2021 |
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2021 | |
Liotyphlops bondensis armandoi Linares-Vargas, Bolívar-García, Herrera-Martínez, Osorio-Domínguez, Ospina, Thomas & Daza |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of albirostris (e.g., Hahn 1980; Dixon & Kofron 1983).
Revalidated by Linares-Vargas, Bolívar-García, Herrera-Martínez, Osorio-Domínguez, Ospina, Thomas & Daza (2021).
Distribution:
Colombia.
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Liotyphlops caissara
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São Sebastião Blind Snake
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São-Sebastião-Blindschlange
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São Sebastião-ormeslange
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Liotyphlops caissara Centeno, Swaya & Germano |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Sao Paulo:
Sao Sebastiao).
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Liotyphlops caracasensis
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Caracas Blind Snake
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Caracas-Blindschlange
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Caracas-ormeslange
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1952 | |
Liotyphlops caracasensis Roze |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of albirostris (e.g., Dixon & Kofron 1983).
Revalidated by Linares-Vargas, Bolívar-García, Herrera-Martínez, Osorio-Domínguez, Ospina, Thomas & Daza (2021).
Distribution:
Curacao,
Venezuela.
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Liotyphlops haadi
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Southern Colombian Blind Snake
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Südkolumbianische Blindschlange
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Sydcolombiansk Ormeslange
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2008 | |
Liotyphlops haadi Haad, Franco & Maldonado |
Distribution:
Colombia.
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Liotyphlops palauophis
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Palau's Blind Snake
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Palaus Blindschlange
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Palaus Ormeslange
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2023 | |
Liotyphlops palauophis Marra Santos |
Distribution:
Colombia.
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Liotyphlops petersii
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Guayaquil Blind Snake
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Guayaquil-Blindschlange
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Guayaquil-ormeslange
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1889 | |
Helminthophis petersii Boulenger |
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Liotyphlops petersii Dunn 1944 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of albirostris (e.g., Dixon & Kofron 1983).
Revalidated by Linares-Vargas, Bolívar-García, Herrera-Martínez, Osorio-Domínguez, Ospina, Thomas & Daza (2021), although already considered a valid species by Almendáriz (1992).
Distribution:
Ecuador.
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Liotyphlops schubarti
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São Paulo Blind Snake
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Sao-Paulo-Blindschlange
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São Paulo-ormeslange
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1948 | |
Liotyphlops schubarti Vanzolini |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Sao Paulo).
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Liotyphlops sousai
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Santa Catarina Blind Snake
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Santa-Catarina-Blindschlange
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Santa Catarina-ormeslange
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2018 | |
Liotyphlops sousai Marra Santos & Reis |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Santa Catarina).
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Liotyphlops taylori
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Mato Grosso Blind Snake
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Mato-Grosso-Blindschlange
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Mato Grosso-ormeslange
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2018 | |
Liotyphlops taylori Marra Santos & Reis |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Mato Grosso).
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Liotyphlops ternetzii
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Paraguayan Blind Snake, (Ternetz' Blind Snake)
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Paraguayische Blindschlange
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Paraguayisk Ormeslange
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1896 | |
Helminthophis ternetzii Boulenger |
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Liotyphlops ternetzii Smith & Grant 1958 |
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1924 | |
Helminthophis beui Amaral (syn. Marra Santos 2023) |
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Liotyphlops beui Dixon & Kofron 1984 |
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1924 | |
Helminthophis incertus Amaral 1924 (McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
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Liotyphlops incertus Vanzolini 1948 |
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1928 | |
Helminthophis collenettei Parker (Hahn 1980) |
Remarks:
The nominal species beui has been regarded as a synonym of ternetzii (e.g., Hahn 1980), as a separate species (e.g., Dixon & Kofron 1984), and, most recently, again as
a synonym of ternetzii (Marra Santos 2023).
Status of incertus is uncertain.
Regarded as a synonym of ternetzii by some authors (e.g., Dixon & Kofron 1984; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) but as a valid species by others
(e.g., Hahn 1980; Chippeaux 1986; Vanzolini 1986).
If valid, specimens from Para, Brazil may represent incertus (Vanzolini 1986).
Not mentioned for French Guiana by Kuijpers (2024).
Distribution:
Argentina,
Brazil
(Bahia,
Ceara,
Distrito Federal,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para,
Paraiba,
Parana,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Santa Catarina,
Sao Paulo,
Tocantins),
French Guiana,
Paraguay,
Uruguay.
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Liotyphlops trefauti
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Alagoas Blind Snake
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Alagoas-Blindschlange
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Alagoas-ormeslange
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2007 | |
Liotyphlops trefauti Freire, Caramaschi & Argôlo |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Alagoas,
Bahia,
Pernambuco).
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Liotyphlops wilderi
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Minas Gerais Blind Snake
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Minas-Gerais-Blindschlange
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Minas Gerais-ormeslange
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1883 | |
Typhlops wilderi Garman |
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Helminthophis wilderi Hammar 1908 |
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Liotyphlops wilderi Vanzolini 1948 |
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1889 | |
Helminthophis guentheri Boulenger (Dixon & Kofron 1983) |
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Liotyphlops guentheri Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 |
Remarks:
Now restricted to Brazil (Dixon & Kofron 1983; Cacciali, Scott, Aquino-Ortiz, Fitzgerald & Smith 2016).
Records from Colombia (Perez-Santos & Moreno 1988) are erroneous.
Records from Paraguay refer to beui (Cacciali, Scott, Aquino-Ortiz, Fitzgerald & Smith 2016).
Distribution:
Brazil
(Bahia,
Minas Gerais,
Rio de Janeiro
[incl.
Ilha Grande Island]).
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