Liotyphlops

Familia: Anomalepididae
Genus:
Species (15): L. albirostris – L. anops – L. argaleus – L. bondensis – L. caissara – L. caracasensis – L. haadi – L. palauophis – L. petersii – L. pino – L. schubarti – L. taylori – L. ternetzii – L. trefauti – L. wilderi

Liotyphlops Peters, 1881: 69 [nomen novum]

• Type species: Rhinotyphlops albirostris Peters, 1858, by monotypy.

• Rhinotyphlops Peters, 1858: 402 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843]
  • Type species: Rhinotyphlops albirostris Peters, 1858, by monotypy.

• Peters, W.C.H. 1858. Vier neue amerikanische Schlangen aus der Familie der Typhlopinen und darüber einige vorläufige Mittheilungen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1857: 402. BHL
• Peters, W.C.H. 1881. Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen. 1. Uebersicht der zu den Familien der Typhlopes und Stenostomi gehörigen Gattungen oder Untergattungen. 2. Ueber eine neue Art von Tachydromus aus dem Amurlande. 3. Ueber die von Herrn Dr. Finsch aus Polynesien gesandten Reptilien. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1881(4): 69–72. BHL

• Dixon, J.R. & Kofron, C.P. [1983] 1984. The Central and South American Anomalepid Snakes of the Genus Liotyphlops. Amphibia-Reptilia 4(2–4): 241–264. DOI: 10.1163/156853883X00120 Reference page. 
• Freire, E.M.X., Caramaschi, U. & Argôlo, A.J.S. 2007. A new species of Liotyphlops (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 1393(1): 19–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1393.1.2 Reference page. 
• Silva-Haad, J.J., Franco, F.L. & Maldonado, J. 2008. Una nueva especie de Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes, Scolecophidia, Anomalepidae) del sur de la Amazonia Colombiana (In Spanish). Biota Colombiana 9(2): 295–300. DOI: 10.21068/bc.v9i2.205 Reference page. 
• Centeno, F.C., Sawaya, R.J. & Germano, V.J. 2010. A New Species of Liotyphlops (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from the Atlantic Coastal Forest in Southeastern Brazil. Herpetologica 66(1): 86–91. DOI: 10.1655/08-079.1 Reference page. 
• Marra-Santos, F.J. & Reis, R.E. 2018. Two New Blind Snake Species of the Genus Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes: Anomalepididae), from Central and South Brazil. Copeia 106(3): 507–514. DOI: 10.1643/CH-18-081 Reference page. 
• Linares-Vargas, C.A., Bolívar-García, W., Herrera-Martínez, A., Osorio-Domínguez, D., Ospina, O.E., Thomas, R. & Daza, J.D. 2021. The status of the anomalepidid snake Liotyphlops albirostris and the revalidation of three taxa based on morphology and ecological niche models. The Anatomical Record 304(10): 2264–2278. DOI: 10.1002/ar.24730 Reference page. 
• Santos, F.J.M. 2023. A new species of the genus Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes, Anomalepididae) from Colombia and the synonymization of Liotyphlops beui (Amaral, 1924) with Liotyphlops ternetzii (Boulenger, 1896). Zookeys 1446ː 87–114. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1146.94607 Reference page. 
• Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Franco, F.L., Koch, C., Tiutenko, A., Wingert, J.M. & Borges-Martins, M. 2023. More than meets no eyes: Taxonomic status of a Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) blindsnake from the Atlantic Rainforest. Zoologischer Anzeiger 303: 10–25. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2023.01.003 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Antúnez-Fonseca, C.A., Ramos-Galdamez, J., Solís, J.M., Díaz-Ricaurte, J.C. & Wilson, L.D. 2024. A new species of the genus Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from the Caribbean coast of Honduras. Zootaxa 5543(1): 97–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.5 Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Liotyphlops . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 January 2025.