| Antillotyphlops monensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Antillotyphlops |
| Species: | A. monensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Antillotyphlops monensis (Schmidt, 1926) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Antillotyphlops monensis, the Mona worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species is endemic to Mona Island in the West Indies. No subspecies are currently recognized. [3]
Known only from the type locality, which is given as "Mona Island, West Indies." [2]
The Acrochordidae, commonly known as wart snakes, Java wart snakes, file snakes, elephant trunk snakes, or dogface snakes are a monogeneric family created for the genus Acrochordus. This is a group of primitive aquatic snakes found in Australia and tropical Asia. Currently, three species are recognized.
The Tropidophiidae, common name dwarf boas or thunder snakes, are a family of nonvenomous snakes found from Mexico and the West Indies south to southeastern Brazil. These are small to medium-sized fossorial snakes, some with beautiful and striking color patterns. Currently, two living genera, containing 34 species, are recognized. Two other genera were once considered to be tropidophiids but are now known to be more closely related to boids, and are classified in the subfamily Ungaliophiinae. There are a relatively large number of fossil snakes that have been described as tropidophiids, but which of these are more closely related to Tropidophis and Trachyboa and which are more closely related to Ungaliophis and Exiliboa is unknown.
The Christmas Island blind snake is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Christmas Island. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Indotyphlops exiguus, the Belgaum worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species found in India. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Typhlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to the West Indies. Some species which were formerly placed in the genus Typhlops have been moved to the genera Afrotyphlops, Amerotyphlops, Anilios, Antillotyphlops, Argyrophis, Cubatyphlops, Indotyphlops, Letheobia, Madatyphlops, Malayotyphlops, and Xerotyphlops.
Chilabothrus, commonly known as the Greater Antillean boas or West Indian boas, is a genus of nonvenomous snakes in the subfamily Boinae of the family Boidae. The genus is endemic to the West Indies. 14 species are recognized as being valid.
The Dominican blind snake or Dominican worm snake is a species of blind snake that is endemic to the Caribbean island-nation of Dominica, in the Lesser Antilles.
The Saint Barts blind snake is a species of blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy, an overseas collectivity of France. The species was first described in 1999, and it is still not well known.
Tropidophis haetianus, the Haitian dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola in the West Indies.
Tropidophis wrighti, commonly known as the gracile banded dwarf boa, the gracile banded trope, and Wright's dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.
Acutotyphlops banaorum is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.
The Kunua blind snake is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to the island of Bougainville.
Chilabothrus monensis, also called the Virgin Islands tree boa in the Virgin Islands, and possibly sometimes as the Mona Island boa elsewhere, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. It is native to the West Indies.
The Bahamian slender blind snake is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.
Antillotyphlops catapontus is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.
The Cayman Brac blind snake is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.
Richard's worm snake is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.
Antillotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
