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Ramphotyphlops
Sign in to saveCommon names: long-tailed blindsnakes, long-tailed blind snakes, worm snakes. Ramphotyphlops is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes of the family Typhlopidae. Member species of the genus are native to southern Asia and southeast Asia, as well as many islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. They occur in a wide variety of habitats. As of 2025, 23 species are recognized as being valid.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyTyphlopidae
鉤盲蛇屬（學名：Ramphotyphlops）是蛇亞目盲蛇科下的一個無毒蛇屬，屬下品種主要分布於東南亞與澳洲地區（當中有一個品種主要分布於美洲），與及太平洋海域的大多數島嶼。目前，鉤盲蛇屬下共有49個品種已被確認。[2] 目录 1 特徵 2 棲息地 3 品種 4 備註 5 外部連結 特徵 鉤盲蛇大多只有12至15公分長，頭部呈圓錐形。身體顏色變化頗大，既有淺至米色的品種，亦可深至紅色、棕色或黑色。而且由於體型細小，個別特徵亦甚模糊，因此如非仔細研究，要分辨各種鉤盲蛇是有一定困難的。 棲息地 鉤盲蛇生活於地底裡螞蟻及白蟻的巢穴中，亦會自行挖掘地洞以作棲息居所。 品種 品種[2] 學名及命名者[2] 亞種數[2] 異名 地理分布[1] R. acuticaudus R. acuticaudus，Peters，1877 0 帛琉群島盲蛇 R. affinis R. affinis，Boulenger，1889 0 白頭盲蛇 R. albiceps R. albiceps，Boulenger，1898 0 R. angusticeps R. angusticeps，Peters，1877 0 R. australis R. australis，Gray，1845 0 南方盲蛇 R. batillus R. batillus，Waite，1894 0 R. bituberculatus R. bituberculatus，Peters，1863 0 R. broomi R. broomi，Boulenger，1898 0 R. centralis R. centralis，Storr，1984 0 R. chamodracaena R. chamodracaena，Ingram & Covacevich，1993 0 R. cumingii R. cumingii，Gray，1845 0 R. depressus R. depressus，Peters，1880 0 R. diversus R. diversus，Waite，1894 0 R. endoterus R. endoterus，Waite，1918 0 R. erycinus R. erycinus，Werner，1901 0 R. exocoeti R. exocoeti，Boulenger，1887 0 聖誕島盲蛇 R. flaviventer R. flaviventer，Peters，1864 0 R. grypus R. grypus，Waite，1918 0 R. guentheri R. guentheri，Peters，1865 0 R. hamatus R. hamatus，Storr，1981 0 R. howi R. howi，Storr，1983 0 R. kimberle
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 222
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Typhlopidae
- Collections
- CAS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, ROM, USNM, OMNH, CM
- Recorded in
- Palau, Australia, Philippines, Timor-Leste
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
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- Species
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Common names: long-tailed blindsnakes, long-tailed blind snakes, worm snakes. Ramphotyphlops is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes of the family Typhlopidae. Member species of the genus are native to southern Asia and southeast Asia, as well as many islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. They occur in a wide variety of habitats. As of 2025, 23 species are recognized as being valid.
==Description and ecology== Growing to 50–750 mm (2–30 in) in length, snakes of the genus Ramphotyphlops occur in a variety of colors from light beige, to red, to blackish brown. They are often difficult to identify properly without the aid of optical magnification. Their heads are conical and tapered into their bodies.
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