List of typhlopid species and subspecies

Last updated May 15, 2025

This is a list of all genera, species and subspecies of the family Typhlopidae,^[1] otherwise referred to as typical blind snakes, or typhlopids. It follows the taxonomy currently provided by ITIS, which is based on the continuing work of Dr. Roy McDiarmid.^[2]

Acutotyphlops
Cyclotyphlops
- Cyclotyphlops deharvengi
Ramphotyphlops , long-tailed blind snakes
- Ramphotyphlops acuticaudus , Palau blind snake
- Ramphotyphlops affinis
- Ramphotyphlops albiceps
- Ramphotyphlops angusticeps
- Ramphotyphlops australis , southern blindsnake
- Ramphotyphlops batillus
- Ramphotyphlops bituberculatus
- Ramphotyphlops braminus , brahminy blind snake
- Ramphotyphlops broomi
- Ramphotyphlops centralis
- Ramphotyphlops chamodracaena
- Ramphotyphlops cumingii
- Ramphotyphlops depressus
- Ramphotyphlops diversus
- Ramphotyphlops endoterus
- Ramphotyphlops erycinus
- Ramphotyphlops exocoeti , Christmas Island blind snake
- Ramphotyphlops flaviventer
- Ramphotyphlops grypus
- Ramphotyphlops guentheri
- Ramphotyphlops hamatus
- Ramphotyphlops howi
- Ramphotyphlops kimberleyensis
- Ramphotyphlops leptosomus
- Ramphotyphlops leucoproctus
- Ramphotyphlops ligatus
- Ramphotyphlops lineatus
- Ramphotyphlops lorenzi
- Ramphotyphlops margaretae
- Ramphotyphlops micromma
- Ramphotyphlops minimus
- Ramphotyphlops multilineatus
- Ramphotyphlops nigrescens
- Ramphotyphlops olivaceus
- Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis
- Ramphotyphlops pinguis
- Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus
  - Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus brongersmai
  - Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus elberti
  - Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus florensis
  - Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus polygrammicus
  - Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus undecimlineatus
- Ramphotyphlops proximus
- Ramphotyphlops silvia
- Ramphotyphlops similis
- Ramphotyphlops supranasalis
- Ramphotyphlops tovelli
- Ramphotyphlops troglodytes
- Ramphotyphlops unguirostris
- Ramphotyphlops waitii
- Ramphotyphlops wiedii
- Ramphotyphlops willeyi
- Ramphotyphlops yampiensis
- Ramphotyphlops yirrikalae
Rhinotyphlops
Typhlops , Blind snakes
- Typhlops andamanensis
- Typhlops angolensis
- Typhlops arenarius
- Typhlops ater
- Typhlops beddomii
- Typhlops bibronii
- Typhlops biminiensis
  - Typhlops biminiensis biminiensis
  - Typhlops biminiensis paradoxus
- Typhlops bipartitus
- Typhlops bisubocularis
- Typhlops bothriorhynchus
- Typhlops boulengeri
- Typhlops brongersmianus
- Typhlops canlaonensis
- Typhlops capitulatus
- Typhlops cariei
- Typhlops castanotus
- Typhlops catapontus
- Typhlops caymanensis
- Typhlops ceylonicus
- Typhlops coecatus
- Typhlops collaris
- Typhlops comorensis
- Typhlops congestus
- Typhlops conradi
- Typhlops costaricensis
- Typhlops cuneirostris
- Typhlops decorosus
- Typhlops decorsei
- Typhlops depressiceps
- Typhlops diardii
- Typhlops domergnei
- Typhlops dominicanus
  - Typhlops dominicanus dominicanus
  - Typhlops dominicanus guadeloupensis
- Typhlops elegans
- Typhlops epactius
- Typhlops exiguus
- Typhlops floweri
- Typhlops fornasinii
- Typhlops fredparkeri
- Typhlops giadinhensis
- Typhlops gierrai
- Typhlops gonavensis
- Typhlops granti , Grant's blind snake
- Typhlops grivensis
- Typhlops hectus
- Typhlops hedraeus
- Typhlops hypogius
- Typhlops hypomethes , coastal blindsnake
- Typhlops hypsobothrius
- Typhlops inornatus
- Typhlops jamaicensis
- Typhlops jerdoni
- Typhlops khoratensis
- Typhlops klemmeri
- Typhlops koekkoeki
- Typhlops koshunensis
- Typhlops kraalii
- Typhlops lankaensis
- Typhlops lehneri
- Typhlops leucomelas
- Typhlops leucostictus
- Typhlops lineolatus
- Typhlops loveridgei
- Typhlops lumbricalis
- Typhlops luzonensis
- Typhlops madagascariensis
- Typhlops malcolmi
- Typhlops manilae
- Typhlops manni
- Typhlops marxi
- Typhlops mcdowelli
- Typhlops microstomus
- Typhlops minuisquamus
- Typhlops mirus
- Typhlops monastus
  - Typhlops monastus geotomus
  - Typhlops monastus monastus
- Typhlops monensis , Mona blind snake
- Typhlops mucronatus
- Typhlops oatesii
- Typhlops obtusus
- Typhlops ocularis
- Typhlops oligolepis
- Typhlops pammeces
- Typhlops paucisquamus
- Typhlops platycephalus , flat-headed blindsnake
- Typhlops platyrhynchus
- Typhlops porrectus
- Typhlops punctatus
  - Typhlops punctatus liberiensis
  - Typhlops punctatus punctatus
- Typhlops pusillus
- Typhlops reticulatus
- Typhlops reuteri
- Typhlops richardii , Richard's blind snake
- Typhlops rondoensis
- Typhlops rostellatus , Puerto Rican wetland blind snake
- Typhlops ruber
- Typhlops ruficaudus
- Typhlops schmidti
  - Typhlops schmidti schmidti
  - Typhlops schmidti wilsoni
- Typhlops schmutzi
- Typhlops schwartzi
- Typhlops siamensis
- Typhlops socotranus
- Typhlops steinhausi
- Typhlops sulcatus , sulcate blind snake
- Typhlops syntherus
- Typhlops tasymicris
- Typhlops tenebrarum
- Typhlops tenuicollis
- Typhlops tenuis
- Typhlops tetrathyreus
- Typhlops thurstoni
- Typhlops tindalli
- Typhlops titanops
- Typhlops trangensis
- Typhlops trinitatus , Trinidad worm snake
- Typhlops uluguruensis
- Typhlops unilineatus
- Typhlops veddae
- Typhlops vermicularis
- Typhlops violaceus
- Typhlops wilsoni
- Typhlops yonenagae
- Typhlops zenkeri
Xenotyphlops
- Xenotyphlops grandidieri

References

↑ "Typhlopidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 23 September 2007.
↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

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[ITIS-1] "Typhlopidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 23 September 2007.

[McD99-2] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

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