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Helminthophis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Anomalepididae
Genus:	Helminthophis; Peters, 1860
Synonyms
	Helminthophis - Peters, 1860; Idiotyphlops - Jan In Jan & Sordelli, 1860;

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Common names: (none).

Helminthophis is a genus of non-venomous blind snakes found in southern Central America and northwestern South America. Currently, 3 monotypic species are recognized.^[2]

Found in southern Central America and northwestern South America in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela. According to Hahn (1980), one species has possibly been introduced in Mauritius.^[1]

Species^[2]	Authority^[2]	Geographic range^[1]
H. flavoterminatus	(Peters, 1857)	South America in Colombia and Venezuela. Possibly introduced in Mauritius.
H. frontalis^T	(Peters, 1860)	Central America: Costa Rica and Panama.
H. praeocularis	Amaral, 1924	South America: northern Colombia in the inter-Andean areas of Tolima, Santander and Norte de Santander provinces.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).
^T) Type species.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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).
^ ^a ^b ^c "Helminthophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 29 August. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

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