Typhlops
Typhlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to the West Indies. Some species which were formerly placed in the genus Typhlops have been moved to the genera Afrotyphlops, Amerotyphlops, Anilios, Antillotyphlops, Argyrophis, Cubatyphlops, Indotyphlops, Letheobia, Madatyphlops, Malayotyphlops, and Xerotyphlops.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyTyphlopidae
Typhlops es un género de serpientes de la familia de culebras ciegas Typhlopidae. Sus especies se distribuyen por las Indias Occidentales y el oeste de África.[2] Su longitud es de aproximadamente diez a setenta centímetros. Su cabeza presenta un escudo grande pero modificado. Escama rostral grande, a veces proyectada. Posee una cola espinosa que le sirve para la locomoción. Su alimentación se basa en la ingesta de hormigas y termitas. Se encuentran estrechamente relacionados con la familia Anomalepididae, pero no a la familia Leptotyphlopidae.[cita requerida] Especies Se reconocen las siguientes 49 especies:[2] Typhlops agoralionis Thomas & Hedges, 2007 Typhlops anchaurus Thomas & Hedges, 2007 Typhlops annae Breuil, 1999 Typhlops anousius Thomas & Hedges, 2007 Typhlops arator Thomas & Hedges, 2007 Typhlops biminiensis Richmond, 1955 Typhlops capitulatus Richmond, 1964 Typhlops cariei Hoffstetter, 1946 Typhlops catapontus Thomas, 1966 Typhlops caymanensis Sackett, 1940 Typhlops coecatus Jan, 1864 Typhlops contorhinus Thomas & Hedges, 2007 Typhlops disparilis Jan, 1860 Typhlops dominicanus Stejneger, 1904 Typhlops epactius Thomas, 1968 Typhlops eperopeus Thomas
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Typhlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to the West Indies. Some species which were formerly placed in the genus Typhlops have been moved to the genera Afrotyphlops, Amerotyphlops, Anilios, Antillotyphlops, Argyrophis, Cubatyphlops, Indotyphlops, Letheobia, Madatyphlops, Malayotyphlops, and Xerotyphlops.
==Species== {|cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse;" !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Species !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Taxon author !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Subsp.* !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range |- |T. agoralionis |Thomas & Hedges, 2007 |align="center"|0 |la Hotte blind snake | |- |T. capitulatus |Richmond, 1964 |align="center"|0 |Haitian pale-lipped blind snake, Richmond's worm snake | |- |T. eperopeus |Thomas & Hedges, 2007 |align="center"|0 |Bahoruco blind snake | |- |T. gonavensis |Richmond, 1964 |align="center"|0 |Gonâve Island worm snake | |- |T. guadeloupensis |Richmond, 1966 |align="center"|0 |Guadeloupe blind snake, Guadeloupe worm snake | |- |T. hectus |Thomas, 1974 |align="center"|0 |Tiburon Peninsula blind snake, Thomas's worm snake | |- |T. jamaicensis |(Shaw, 1802) |align="center"|0 |Jamaican blind snake, Jamaica worm snake | |- |T. leptolepis |Domínguez, Fong & Iturriaga, 2013 |align="center"|0 | | |- |T. lumbricalisT |(Linnaeus, 1758) |align="center"|0 |earthworm blind snake | |- |T. oxyrhinus |Domínguez & Díaz, 2011 |align="center"|0 | | |- |T. pachyrhinus |Domínguez & Díaz, 2011 |align="center"|0 | | |- |T. proancylops |Thomas & Hedges, 2007 |align="center"|0 |La Selle blind snake | |- |T. pusillus |Barbour, 1914 |align="center"|0 |Hispaniola worm snake | |- |T. rostellatus |Stejneger, 1904 |align="center"|0 |Puerto Rican worm snake | |- |T. schwartzi |Thomas, 1989 |align="center"|0 |Schwartz's worm snake | |- |T. silus |Legler, 1959 |align="center"|0 | | |- |T. sulcatus |Cope, 1868 |align="center"|0 |island worm snake | |- |T. sylleptor |Thomas & Hedges, 2007 |align="center"|0 |Pestel blind snake | |- |T. syntherus |Thomas, 1965 |align="center"|0 |Barahona Peninsula blind snake, Barahona worm snake | |- |T. tetrathyreus |Thomas, 1989 |align="center"|0 |Haitian worm snake | |- |T. titanops |Thomas, 1989 |align="center"|0 |titan worm snake | |- |} ) Not including the nominate subspecies. T) Type species.