Typhlops

Typhlops
Typhlops sp. (head)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Typhlops Oppel, 1811
Synonyms
Tiphlops - Rafinesque, 1815 Typhlops - Hemprich, 1820 Typhlos - Bonaparte, 1831 Aspidorhynchus Fitzinger, 1843 Gerrhopilus Fitzinger, 1843 Ophthalmidion A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Cathetorhinus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Anilios Gray, 1845 Argyrophis Gray, 1845 Meditoria Gray, 1845 Typhlops - Gistel, 1846 Diaphorotyphlops Jan In Jan & , 1860 Typhlops - Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops - M.A. Smith, 1922 Ophthalmidium Loveridge, 1957

Typhlops is a genus of blind snakes found in Europe, Africa, Asia and Central and South America. Currently, 120 species are recognized, accounting for over half of the species in the family Typhlopidae. Common names include: blind snakes, blindsnakes.

Snakes of this genus are found in southeastern Europe, the Middle East, tropical and subtropical Asia, most of Africa, Madagascar and certain islands of the Indian Ocean, the Philippines, Moluccas, New Guinea, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
^T) Type species.

Images of a Typhlops from Binnaguri, North Bengal, India:

Body of a blind snake. (Typhlops sp.)

Head of a blind snake. (Typhlops sp.)

Tail of a blind snake. (Typhlops sp.)

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