Liotyphlops

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.

Geographic range

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

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.

^T = Type species

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

References

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 Berlin 1881 (4): 69–71. (Liotyphlops, new genus, p. 69). (in German).
• (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Genus Liotyphlops, pp. 84, 86 + drawing of head scalation on p. 84).
• , , (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. . (Genus Liotyphlops, p. 311).