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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| image =Liotyphlops beui.jpg
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|image_caption=''[[Liotyphlops ternetzii]]''
| taxon = Liotyphlops
| taxon = Liotyphlops
| authority = [[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1881
| authority = [[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1881
| synonyms = * ''Rhinotyphlops'' <br>{{small|W. Peters, 1857}}
| synonyms = * ''Rhinotyphlops'' <br />{{small|W. Peters, 1857}}
* ''Liotyphlops'' <br>{{small|W. Peters, 1881}}<ref name="McD99">[[:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell JA]], Touré TA (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).</ref>
* ''Liotyphlops'' <br />{{small|W. Peters, 1881}}<ref name=McD99>[[species:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell JA]], [[species:T'Shaka A. Touré|Touré TA]] (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).</ref>
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'''''Liotyphlops''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Anomalepididae|blind snake]]s found in [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. Currently, 9 [[species]] are recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=209624 |taxon=''Liotyphlops'' |accessdate=29 August 2007}}</ref><ref name="RDB"/>
'''''Liotyphlops''''' is a [[genus]] of blind snakes in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Anomalepididae]]. The genus is native to [[Central America]] and [[South America]]. It contains 12 [[species]] that are recognized as being valid.<ref name=ITIS>{{ITIS|id=209624|taxon=''Liotyphlops ''|access-date=29 August 2007}}</ref><ref name=RDB>{{EMBL genus|genus=Liotyphlops}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>


==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==
Found in [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]] from [[Costa Rica]] to [[Paraguay]].<ref name="McD99"/>
[[Species]] of ''Liotyphlops'' are found in [[Central America]] and [[South America]] from [[Costa Rica]] to [[Paraguay]].<ref name=McD99/>

==Taxonomy==
Head scutellation characters are certainly useful for identifications based on external morphology. ''Liotyphlops'' fossorial, cryptozonic habits, and nocturnal activity


==Species==
==Species==
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!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range<ref name="McD99"/>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range<ref name=McD99/>
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|''[[Liotyphlops albirostris]]''<span style="font-size:100%;"><sup>T</sup></span>
|''[[Liotyphlops albirostris]]''<span style="font-size:100%;"><sup>T</sup></span>
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|''[[Liotyphlops argaleus]]''
|''[[Liotyphlops argaleus]]''
|[[James R. Dixon|Dixon]] & [[Christopher P. Kofron|Kofron]], 1984
|[[James R. Dixon|Dixon]] & [[species:Christopher Patrick Kofron|Kofron]], 1984
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|Colombia: Cundinamarca Department.
|Colombia: Cundinamarca Department.
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|''[[Liotyphlops beui]]''
|''[[Liotyphlops bondensis]]''
|([[species:Lawrence Edmonds Griffin|Griffin]], 1916)
|([[Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral|Amaral]], 1924)
| Armando's blindsnake
|Colombia
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|''[[Liotyphlops caissara]]''
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|[[species:Fernanda da Cruz Centeno|Centeno]], [[species:Ricardo Jannini Sawaya|Sawaya]] & [[species:Valdir José Germano|Germano]], 2010
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|[[Brazil]]
|[[Brazil]] (from [[Pará]] to [[Mato Grosso]]), eastern [[Paraguay]] and [[Argentina]].
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|''[[Liotyphlops haadi]]''
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|[[species:Juan José Silva Haad|Silva-Haad]], [[species:Francisco Luis Franco|Franco]] & [[species:Jairo Maldonado|Maldonado]], 2008
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|[[Colombia]]
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|''[[Liotyphlops palauophis]]''
|[[species:Fidélis Júnio Marta Santos|Marra Santos]], 2023
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|[[Colombia]]

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|''[[Liotyphlops schubarti]]''
|''[[Liotyphlops schubarti]]''
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|Brazil: [[Pirassununga]] in [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]].
|Brazil: [[Pirassununga]] in [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]].
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|''[[Liotyphlops sousa]]''
|Marra-Santos & Reis, 2018
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|Brazil in Santa Catarina.
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|''[[Liotyphlops taylori]]''
|''[[Liotyphlops taylori]]''
|Marra-Santos & Reis, 2018
|Marra-Santos & [[species:Roberto Essex dos Reis|Reis]], 2018
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|Brazil in Mato Grosso.
|Brazil in Mato Grosso.
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|Brazil (Pará, [[Goiás]], São Paulo and Mato Grosso), Paraguay and Uruguay.
|Brazil (Pará, [[Goiás]], São Paulo and Mato Grosso), Paraguay and Uruguay.
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|''[[Liotyphlops trefauti]]''
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|[[species:Eliza Maria Xavier Freire|Freire]], [[species:Ulisses Caramasche|Caramasche]] & [[species:Antônio Jorge Suzart Argôlo|Suzart Argôlo]], 2007
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|Brazil.
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|''[[Liotyphlops wilderi]]''
|''[[Liotyphlops wilderi]]''
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<span style="font-size:100%;"><sup>T</sup></span>) [[Type species]].<ref name="McD99"/>
<span style="font-size:100%;"><sup>T</sup></span>) [[Type species]].<ref name=McD99/>

In the 21st century three additional new species have been described.<ref name="RDB">"''Liotyphlops'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

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*''[[Liotyphlops caissara]]'' {{small|[[Fernanda da Cruz Centeno|Centeno]], [[Ricardo Jannini Sawaya|Sawaya]] & [[Valdir José Germano|Germano]], 2010}}
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*''[[Liotyphlops haadi]]'' {{small|[[Juan José Silva-Haad|Silva-Haad]], [[Francisco Luis Franco|Franco]] & [[Jairo Maldonado|Maldonado]], 2008}}
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*''[[Liotyphlops trefauti]]'' {{small|[[Eliza Maria Xavier Freire|Freire]], [[:fr:Ulisses Caramasche|Caramasche]] & [[Antônio Jorge Suzart Argôlo|Suzart Argôlo]], 2007}}


''[[Nota bene]]'': A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Liotyphlops''.
''[[Nota bene]]'': A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Liotyphlops''.
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*[[Wilhelm Peters|Peters W]] (1881). "''Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen. 1. Uebersicht der zu den Familien der'' Typhlopes ''und'' Stenostomi ''gehörigen Gattungen oder Untergattungen'' ". ''Sitzungberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin'' '''1881''' (4): 69-71. (''Liotyphlops'', new genus, p.&nbsp;69). (in [[German language|German]]).
*[[Wilhelm Peters|Peters W]] (1881). "''Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen. 1. Uebersicht der zu den Familien der'' Typhlopes ''und'' Stenostomi ''gehörigen Gattungen oder Untergattungen'' ". ''Sitzungberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin'' '''1881''' (4): 69–71. (''Liotyphlops'', new genus, p.&nbsp;69). (in [[German language|German]]).
*[[:es:Marcos Abraham Freiberg|Freiberg M]] (1882). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN|0-87666-912-7}}. (Genus ''Liotyphlops'', pp.&nbsp;84, 86 + drawing of head scalation on p.&nbsp;84).
*[[:es:Marcos Abraham Freiberg|Freiberg M]] (1882). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN|0-87666-912-7}}. (Genus ''Liotyphlops'', pp.&nbsp;84, 86 + drawing of head scalation on p.&nbsp;84).
*[[:fr:Coleman Jett Goin|Goin CJ]], [[Olive Bown Goin|Goin OB]], [[:de:George Robert Zug|Zug GR]] (1978). ''Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition''. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. {{ISBN|0-7167-0020-4}}. (Genus ''Liotyphlops'', p.&nbsp;311).
*[[species:Coleman Jett Goin|Goin CJ]], [[species:Olive Lynda Bown Goin|Goin OB]], [[species:George Robert Zug|Zug GR]] (1978). ''Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition''. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. {{ISBN|0-7167-0020-4}}. (Genus ''Liotyphlops'', p.&nbsp;311).

==External links==
*{{NRDB genus|genus=Liotyphlops|date=29 August|year=2007}}


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Latest revision as of 00:05, 17 January 2024

Liotyphlops
Liotyphlops ternetzii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. It contains 12 species that are recognized as being valid.[2][3]

Geographic range[edit]

Species of Liotyphlops are found in Central America and South America from Costa Rica to Paraguay.[1]

Taxonomy[edit]

Head scutellation characters are certainly useful for identifications based on external morphology. Liotyphlops fossorial, cryptozonic habits, and nocturnal activity

Species[edit]

Species[2] Taxon author[2] Common name Geographic range[1]
Liotyphlops albirostrisT (W. Peters, 1857) Southern Central America, including Costa Rica and Panama, and northern South America in Colombia, Ecuador and north-central Venezuela. Also found on the island of Curaçao.
Liotyphlops anops (Cope, 1899) Colombia in the 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 in São Paulo.
Liotyphlops taylori Marra-Santos & Reis, 2018 Brazil in 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 in 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ a b c "Liotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. ^ Genus Liotyphlops at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading[edit]

  • Peters W (1881). "Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen. 1. Uebersicht der zu den Familien der Typhlopes und Stenostomi gehörigen Gattungen oder Untergattungen ". Sitzungberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1881 (4): 69–71. (Liotyphlops, new genus, p. 69). (in German).
  • Freiberg M (1882). 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).
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