Liotyphlops

Liotyphlops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Anomalepididae
Genus:	Liotyphlops W. Peters, 1881
Synonyms
Rhinotyphlops(W. Peters, 1857) * Liotyphlops(W. Peters, 1881) [1]

Liotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Anomalepididae. The genus is native to Central America and South America. Currently, 12 species are recognized as valid. ^{[2] [3]}

Geographic range

Species of Liotyphlops occur in Central America and South America, from Costa Rica southward to Paraguay. ^[1]

Taxonomy

Head scutellation characters are important for the identification of Liotyphlops species based on external morphology. The genus is characterized by fossorial and cryptozooic habits and is primarily nocturnal.

Species

The following species are recognized as valid within the genus Liotyphlops. ^{[2] [1]}

Species	Taxon author	Common name	Geographic range
Liotyphlops albirostris T	(W. Peters, 1857)	—	Southern Central America (including Costa Rica and Panama) and northern South America (Colombia, Ecuador, and north-central Venezuela). Also found on Curaçao.
Liotyphlops anops	(Cope, 1899)	—	Colombia (departments of Meta, Santander, and Cundinamarca).
Liotyphlops argaleus	Dixon & Kofron, 1984	—	Colombia (Cundinamarca Department).
Liotyphlops bondensis	(Griffin, 1916)	Armando’s blindsnake	Colombia
Liotyphlops caissara	Centeno, Sawaya & Germano, 2010	—	Brazil
Liotyphlops haadi	Silva-Haad, Franco & Maldonado, 2008	—	Colombia
Liotyphlops palauophis	Marra Santos, 2023	—	Colombia
Liotyphlops schubarti	Vanzolini, 1948	—	Brazil (Pirassununga, São Paulo).
Liotyphlops taylori	Marra-Santos & Reis, 2018	—	Brazil (Mato Grosso).
Liotyphlops ternetzii	(Boulenger, 1896)	—	Brazil (Pará, Goiás, São Paulo, and Mato Grosso), Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Liotyphlops trefauti	Freire, Caramasche & Suzart Argôlo, 2007	—	Brazil
Liotyphlops wilderi	(Garman, 1883)	—	Brazil (Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro).

^T = Type species ^[1]

Nota bene : A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liotyphlops.

References

1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN   1-893777-00-6 (series), ISBN   1-893777-01-4 (volume).
2. "Liotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.
3. Genus Liotyphlops at The Reptile Database – The Reptile Database.

Further reading

• Peters W (1881). "Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen. 1. Uebersicht der zu den Familien der Typhlopes und Stenostomi gehörigen Gattungen oder Untergattungen". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin1881 (4): 69–71. (Liotyphlops, new genus, p. 69). (in German).
• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN   0-87666-912-7. (Genus Liotyphlops, pp. 84, 86 + drawing of head scalation on p. 84).
• Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN   0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Liotyphlops, p. 311).