The Leptotyphlopidae are a family of snakes found in North America, South America, Africa and Asia. All are fossorial and adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites. Two subfamilies are recognized.
Leptotyphlops is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes, commonly known as slender blind snakes and threadsnakes, in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is endemic to and found throughout Africa. Eleven species have been moved to the genus Trilepida, and other species have been moved to the genera Epacrophis, Epictia, Mitophis, Myriopholis, Namibiana, Rena, Siagonodon, Tetracheilostoma, and Tricheilostoma.
Epictia is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is native to South America, Central America, and Mexico.
Epictia albipuncta is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to South America.
Freiberg's blind snake is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
The San Salvador blind snake is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to the Caribbean.
The common Peru blind snake is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
Epictia goudotii, also known commonly as the black blind snake and the southern Caribbean threadsnake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Middle America.
The Guayaquila blind snake is a species of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
The dark blind snake is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
Epictia ater, or black blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
The Peru blind snake is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
The red-lined blind snake is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
The rose blind snake is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
Klauber's blind snake is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
Tschudi's blind snake is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
The three-colored blind snake is a species of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
The eleven-striped blind snake is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
Micrurus collaris, the Guyana blackback coral snake, is a species of coral snake in the family Elapidae. Specimens have been identified mostly in Bolívar (state), Roraima, Amapá, and the Oko Mountains.
Hog badgers are three species of mustelid in the genus Arctonyx. They represent one of the two genera in the subfamily Melinae, alongside the true badgers.
