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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: January 31st, 2025.


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








Genus
Typhlophis

Cayenne Blind Snake

Cayenne-Blindschlange

Cayenne-ormeslange

1843 Typhlophis Fitzinger (type species: Typhlops squamosus Schlegel 1839)
1844 Cephalolepis Dumeril & Bibron (type species: Cephalolepis leucocephalus Dumeril & Bibron 1844)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: As for the single species.

Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations


Head drawings of the
genus Typhlophis.
Compiled by
V. Wallach

Typhlophis squamosus

Cayenne Blind Snake, Similar-scaled Blind Snake

Cayenne-Blindschlange

Cayenne-ormeslange

1839 Typhlops squamosus Schlegel
Typhlophis squamosus Fitzinger 1843
Anilios ? squamosus Gray 1845
Cephalolepis squamosus Jan & Sordelli 1860
1844 Cephalolepis leucocephalus Duméril & Bibron (Hahn 1980)
1998 Typhlophis ayarzaguenai Señaris (Kok & Fuenmayor 2008)

Distribution: Brazil (Amapa, Amazonas, Para), French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela.