Liotyphlops | |
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Liotyphlops ternetzii | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Anomalepididae |
Genus: |
Liotyphlops W. Peters, 1881 |
Synonyms | |
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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]
Species of Liotyphlops are found in Central America and South America from Costa Rica to Paraguay. [1]
Head scutellation characters are certainly useful for identifications based on external morphology. Liotyphlops fossorial, cryptozonic habits, and nocturnal activity.
T) Type species. [1]
Nota bene: A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liotyphlops.
Liotyphlops | |
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Liotyphlops ternetzii | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Anomalepididae |
Genus: |
Liotyphlops W. Peters, 1881 |
Synonyms | |
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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]
Species of Liotyphlops are found in Central America and South America from Costa Rica to Paraguay. [1]
Head scutellation characters are certainly useful for identifications based on external morphology. Liotyphlops fossorial, cryptozonic habits, and nocturnal activity.
T) Type species. [1]
Nota bene: A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liotyphlops.