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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


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.

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.