Scolecophidia
The Scolecophidia, commonly known as blind snakes or thread snakes, are an infraorder of snakes. They range in length from . All are fossorial (adapted for burrowing). Five families and 39 genera are recognized. The Scolecophidia infraorder is most-likely paraphyletic (with the family Anomalepididae recovered with strong support as sister clade to the 'typical snakes').
Species
Los escolefídios (Scolecophidia) son un infraorden de las serpientes. Se conocen como serpientes ciegas. Su tamaño varía desde 10 hasta 100 cm de largo. Son especies fosoriales. Incluye una superfamilia, Typhlopoidea, 5 familias y 415 especies.[1] Familias Anomalepididae Taylor, 1939 - 18 especies. América del Sur y Central. Gerrhopilidae Vidal, Wynn, Donnellan & Hedges, 2010 - 18 especies. Sur y sudeste de Asia. Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892 - 118 especies. América, África y Asia. Typhlopidae Merrem, 1820 - 260 especies. Zonas tropicales de África, Oceanía, Asia y América. Xenotyphlopidae Vidal, Vences, Branch & Hedges, 2010 - una especie. Madagascar. Referencias ↑ Uetz, P. & Jirí Hošek (ed.). «Typhlopoidea». Reptile Database. Reptarium. Consultado el 22 de diciembre de 2014.
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The Scolecophidia, commonly known as blind snakes or thread snakes, are an infraorder of snakes. They range in length from . All are fossorial (adapted for burrowing). Five families and 39 genera are recognized. The Scolecophidia infraorder is most-likely paraphyletic (with the family Anomalepididae recovered with strong support as sister clade to the 'typical snakes').
== Taxonomy== The infraorder name Scolecophidia derives from the two Ancient Greek words or σκώληκος (, genitive ), meaning "earthworm", and (), meaning "snake". It refers to their shape and fossorial lifestyle.