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Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Anomalepididae
Bibliography of the genus Liotyphlops
Biodiversity of the family Anomalepididae








Genus
Liotyphlops

Smooth Blind Snakes, (Slender Blind Snakes)

Glattschuppen-Blindschlangen

Glatte Ormeslanger

1857 Rhinotyphlops Peters [not Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger 1843 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)] (type species: Rhinotyphlops albirostris Peters 1857)
1881 Liotyphlops Peters [substitute name for Rhinotyphlops Peters 1857]
Contents: 16 species, of which 12 (75.0%) 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.

Liotyphlops albirostris

White-nosed Blind Snake, (Central American Slender Blind Snake)

Weissnasen-Blindschlange

Hvidsnudet Ormeslange

1857 Rhinotyphlops albirostris Peters
Liotyphlops albirostris Peters 1881
Helminthophis albirostris Boulenger 1893
1883 Typhlops emunctus Garman (Hahn 1980)
Helmithophis emunctus Cope 1887
1903 Helminthophis canellei Mocquard (Hahn 1980)
1944 Liotyphlops cucutae Dunn (Dixon & Kofron 1983)
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.


Liotyphlops anops

Bogota Blind Snake

Bogota-Blindschlange

Bogota-ormeslange

1899 Helminthophis anops Cope
Liotyphlops anops Dunn 1944
1944 Liotyphlops metae Dunn (Dixon & Kofron 1983)

Distribution: Colombia.


Liotyphlops argaleus

Cundinamarca Blind Snake, (Meta Slender Blind Snake)

Cundinamarca-Blindschlange

Cundinamarca-ormeslange

1983 Liotyphlops argaleus Dixon & Kofron

Distribution: Colombia.


Liotyphlops bondensis

Bonda Blind Snake

Bonda-Blindschlange

Bonda-ormeslange

1916 Helminthophis bondensis Griffin
Liotyphlops bondensis Linares-Vargas, Bolívar-García, Herrera-Martínez, Osorio-Domínguez, Ospina, Thomas & Daza 2021
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.





Liotyphlops caissara

São Sebastião Blind Snake

São-Sebastião-Blindschlange

São Sebastião-ormeslange

2010 Liotyphlops caissara Centeno, Swaya & Germano

Distribution: Brazil (Sao Paulo: Sao Sebastiao).


Liotyphlops caracasensis

Caracas Blind Snake

Caracas-Blindschlange

Caracas-ormeslange

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.





Liotyphlops haadi

Southern Colombian Blind Snake

Südkolumbianische Blindschlange

Sydcolombiansk Ormeslange

2008 Liotyphlops haadi Haad, Franco & Maldonado

Distribution: Colombia.


Liotyphlops palauophis

Palau's Blind Snake

Palaus Blindschlange

Palaus Ormeslange

2023 Liotyphlops palauophis Marra Santos

Distribution: Colombia.





Liotyphlops petersii

Guayaquil Blind Snake

Guayaquil-Blindschlange

Guayaquil-ormeslange

1889 Helminthophis petersii Boulenger
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.





Liotyphlops schubarti

São Paulo Blind Snake

Sao-Paulo-Blindschlange

São Paulo-ormeslange

1948 Liotyphlops schubarti Vanzolini

Distribution: Brazil (Sao Paulo).


Liotyphlops sousai

Santa Catarina Blind Snake

Santa-Catarina-Blindschlange

Santa Catarina-ormeslange

2018 Liotyphlops sousai Marra Santos & Reis

Distribution: Brazil (Santa Catarina).





Liotyphlops taylori

Mato Grosso Blind Snake

Mato-Grosso-Blindschlange

Mato Grosso-ormeslange

2018 Liotyphlops taylori Marra Santos & Reis

Distribution: Brazil (Mato Grosso).





Liotyphlops ternetzii

Paraguayan Blind Snake, (Ternetz' Blind Snake)

Paraguayische Blindschlange

Paraguayisk Ormeslange

1896 Helminthophis ternetzii Boulenger
Liotyphlops ternetzii Smith & Grant 1958
1924 Helminthophis beui Amaral (syn. Marra Santos 2023)
Liotyphlops beui Dixon & Kofron 1984
1924 Helminthophis incertus Amaral 1924 (McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999)
Liotyphlops incertus Vanzolini 1948
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).
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.


Liotyphlops trefauti

Alagoas Blind Snake

Alagoas-Blindschlange

Alagoas-ormeslange

2007 Liotyphlops trefauti Freire, Caramaschi & Argôlo

Distribution: Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Pernambuco).


Liotyphlops wilderi

Minas Gerais Blind Snake

Minas-Gerais-Blindschlange

Minas Gerais-ormeslange

1883 Typhlops wilderi Garman
Helminthophis wilderi Hammar 1908
Liotyphlops wilderi Vanzolini 1948
1889 Helminthophis guentheri Boulenger (Dixon & Kofron 1983)
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]).