Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
October 9th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Typhlops
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Afro-Caribbean Blind Snakes, True Blind Snakes, Common Blind Snakes, (Western Antillean Blind Snakes)
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Echte Blindschlangen
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Afro-caribiske Ormeslanger
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1811 |  |
Typhlops Oppel 1810 (type species: Anguis lumbricalis Linnaeus 1758) |
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Tiphlops Rafinesque 1815 [unjustified emendation] |
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Typhlos Bonaparte 1831 [unjustified emendation] |
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Thyphlops Gistel 1846 [unjustified emendation] |
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Ophthalmidion Dumeril & Bibron (type species: Opthalmidion longissimum Dumeril & Bibron 1844; syn. McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
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Ophthalmidium Loveridge 1957 [unjustified emendation] |
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1845 | |
Meditoria Gray (type species: Meditoria nasuta Gray 1845; syn. McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
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1860 | |
Diaphorotyphlops Jan in Jan & Sordelli (type species: Typhlops disparilis Jan 1860; syn. McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
Contents:
23 living species, of which 22 (95.7%) are endemic.
In addition to this, 1 species (cariei), which was endemic, is considered extinct.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included all species of this family, as well as those now placed in the families
Gerrhopilidae and
Xenotyphlopidae.
Pyron & Wallach (2014) reassigned coecatus and zenkeri to Typhlops, thus expanding the distribution of the genus to include West Africa.
Distribution:
Discontinuous: West Indies, W. Africa.
Reported from:
Bahamas
(incl.
Little Bahama Bank),
British Virgin Islands,
Cameroon,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic
(incl.
Isla Alto Velo),
Ghana,
Guinea,
Haiti
(incl.
Grande Cayemite,
Ile de la Gonâve),
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Navassa,
Puerto Rico.
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Typhlops agoralionis
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La Hotte Blind Snake
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La-Hotte-Blindschlange
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La Hotte-ormeslange
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Typhlops agoralionis Thomas & Hedges |
Distribution:
Haiti.
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Typhlops capitulatus
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Haitian Pale-lipped Blind Snake
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Haitianische Hell-lippen-Blindschlange
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Haitiansk Lyslæbet Ormeslange
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1964 | |
Typhlops capitulatus Richmond |
Remarks:
Previously included gonavensis.
Distribution:
Haiti.
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Typhlops cariei
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Mauritian Blind Snake, (Hoffstetter's Worm Snake)
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Mauritianische Blindschlange
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Mauritisk Ormeslange
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1946 | |
Typhlops cariei Hoffstetter |
Remarks:
Considered extinct. Not recorded since the 17th century.
Distribution:
Mauritius
(main island).
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Typhlops coecatus
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Ghanese Blind Snake
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Ghanesische Blindschlange
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Ghanesisk Ormeslange
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Typhlops coecatus Jan |
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Letheobia coecata Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Remarks:
Reassigned to the genus Typhlops by Pyron & Wallach (2014).
Distribution:
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast.
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Typhlops cubae
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West Cuban Blind Snake
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Westkubanische Blindschlange
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Vestcubansk Ormeslange
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Typhlops Cubae Bibron |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a nomen dubium (e.g., Thomas 1968).
Revalidated by Iturriaga, Domínguez & Reynoso (2024).
Distribution:
Cuba
(Cuban mainland,
Isla de la Juventud).
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Typhlops eperopeus
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Bahoruco Blind Snake
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Bahoruco-Blindschlange
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Bahoruco-ormeslange
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Typhlops eperopeus Thomas & Hedges |
Distribution:
Dominican Republic.
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Typhlops gonavensis
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Gonâve Blind Snake
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Gonâve-Blindschlange
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Gonâve-ormeslange
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1964 | |
Typhlops gonavensis Richmond |
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Typhlops capitulatus gonavensis Thomas 1966 |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Thomas (1989).
Distribution:
Haiti
(Ile de la Gonâve).
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Typhlops hectus
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Tiburon Peninsula Blind Snake, (La Hotte Blind Snake)
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Tiburon-Blindschlange
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Tiburon-ormeslange
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1974 | |
Typhlops hectus Thomas |
Distribution:
Dominican Republic,
Haiti
(incl.
Grande Cayemite,
Ile de la Gonâve).
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Typhlops jamaicensis
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Jamaican Blind Snake
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Jamaika-Blindschlange
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Jamaica-ormeslange
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1802 | |
Anguis jamaicensis Shaw |
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Typhlops jamaicensis Cochran 1924 |
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1845 | |
Anilios leachi Gray (Hahn 1980) |
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1845 | |
Meditoria nasuta Gray (Hahn 1980) |
Remarks:
The specific name was conserved and a neotype designated (ICZN 2013: Opinion 2323) to prevent jamaicensis being treated as a replacement name for Anguis lumbricalis Linnaeus 1758 (currently Typhlops lumbricalis).
Distribution:
Jamaica.
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Typhlops leptolepis
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Holguín Blind Snake
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Holguín-Blindschlange
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Holguín-ormeslange
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Typhlops leptolepis Domínguez, Fong-G. & Iturriaga |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Typhlops lumbricalis
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Bahamas Brown Blind Snake, (Cuban Brown Blind Snake, Earthworm Blind Snake)
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Braune Bahama-Blindschlange, Regenwurm-Blindschlange
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Brun Bahama-ormeslange
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1758 | |
Anguis lumbricalis Linnaeus |
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Typhlops lumbricalis Oppel 1811 |
Remarks:
Previously included silus and the Cuban populations now known as oxyrhinus and pachyrhinus (Domínguez & Díaz 2011; Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014). Records from Cuba refer to these species. Records from Florida (USA) and South America (e.g., Guyana) are based on misidentifications or incorrect locality data (Dixon & Hendricks 1979; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999; Domínguez & Díaz 2011; Cole, Townsend, Reynolds, MacCulloch & Lathrop 2013).
Introduced to:
USA
(Florida).
Distribution:
Bahamas
(incl.
Little Bahama Bank).
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Typhlops oxyrhinus
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Guantánamo Sharp-snouted Blind Snake
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Guantánamo-Spitznasen-Blindschlange
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Spidssnudet Guantánamo-ormeslange
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Typhlops oxyrhinus Domínguez & Díaz |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Typhlops pachyrhinus
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Pinar del Río Blind Snake
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Pinar-del-Rio-Blindschlange
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Pinar del Rio-ormeslange
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2011 | |
Typhlops pachyrhinus Domínguez & Díaz |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Typhlops proancylops
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La Selle Blind Snake
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La-Selle-Blindschlange
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La Selle-ormeslange
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Typhlops proancylops Thomas & Hedges |
Distribution:
Dominican Republic,
Haiti.
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Typhlops pusillus
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Hispaniolan Common Blind Snake
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Gewöhnliche Hispaniolische Blindschlange
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Almindelig Hispaniolansk Ormeslange
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Typhlops pusillus Barbour |
Introduced to:
USA
(Florida).
Distribution:
Dominican Republic,
Haiti
(incl.
Grande Cayemite,
Ile de la Gonâve).
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Typhlops rostellatus
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Puerto Rican Brown-bellied Blind Snake, Puerto Rican Brown Blind Snake
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Puertoricanische Braunbauch-Blindschlange
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Puertoricansk Brunbuget Ormeslange
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Typhlops rostellatus Stejneger |
Distribution:
Puerto Rico.
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Typhlops schwartzi
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Hispaniolan Giant Blind Snake, Eastern Short-tailed Blind Snake
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Hispaniolische Riesenblindschlange
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Hispaniolansk Kæmpeormeslange
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1989 | |
Typhlops schwartzi Thomas |
Distribution:
Dominican Republic.
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Typhlops silus
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Cuban Brown Blind Snake
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Kubanische Braune Blindschlange
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Cubansk Brun Ormeslange
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Typhlops silus Legler |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of lumbricalis (e.g., Hahn 1980). Revalidated as a separate species by Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal (2014), although possible validity was suggested already by Domínguez & Díaz (2011) and later confirmed by the same authors (Domínguez & Díaz 2015).
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Typhlops sulcatus
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Hispaniolan Bicoloured Blind Snake, Southern Bicolored Blind Snake
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Hispaniolische Zweifarbige Blindschlange
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Hispaniolansk Tofarvet Ormeslange
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1868 | |
Typhlops sulcatus Cope |
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1964 | |
Typhlops haitiensis Richmond (Hahn 1980) |
Extinct in:
Navassa.
Distribution:
Dominican Republic
(incl.
Isla Alto Velo),
Haiti
(incl.
Grande Cayemite,
Ile de la Gonâve).
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Typhlops sylleptor
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Pestel Blind Snake
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Pestel-Blindschlange
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Pestel-ormeslange
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Typhlops sylleptor Thomas & Hedges |
Distribution:
Haiti.
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Typhlops syntherus
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Barahona Peninsula Blind Snake
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Barahona-Blindschlange
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Barahona-ormeslange
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Typhlops syntherus Thomas |
Distribution:
Dominican Republic.
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Typhlops tetrathyreus
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Port-au-Prince Blind Snake, Cul de Sac Blind Snake
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Port-au-Prince-Blindschlange
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Port-au-Prince-ormeslange
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1989 | |
Typhlops tetrathyreus Thomas |
Distribution:
Haiti.
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Typhlops titanops
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Big-eyed Blind Snake
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Grossaugen-Blindschlange
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Storøjet Ormeslange
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1989 | |
Typhlops titanops Thomas |
Distribution:
Dominican Republic,
Haiti.
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Typhlops zenkeri
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Bitye Blind Snake, (Zenker's Blind Snake)
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Bitye-Blindschlange
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Bitye-ormeslange
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1908 | |
Typhlops zenkeri Sternfeld |
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Letheobia zenkeri Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
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Typhlops vermis Boulenger (Hahn 1980) |
Remarks:
Reassigned to the genus Typhlops by Pyron & Wallach (2014).
Distribution:
Cameroon.
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