Scolecophidia

Scolecophidia

Scolecophidia

Brahminy blind snake,
Ramphotyphlops braminus

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Serpentes

Infraorder: Scolecophidia
Cope, 1864

Synonyms

Scolecophidia - Cope, 1864^[1]

Common names: blind snakes, thread snakes.^[2]

The Scolecophidia is an infraorder^[2] of snakes. They range in size from 10-100 cm in length, but may only be as small as 2 mm. All are fossorial.^[3] Currently, 3 families and 12 genera are recognized.^[2]

Families

Family^[2]	Authority^[2]	Genera^[2]	Common name^[2]	Geographic range^[1]
Anomalepididae	Taylor, 1939	4	Primitive blind snakes	Southern Central America and South America.
Leptotyphlopidae	Stejneger, 1892	2	Slender blind snakes	Africa, western Asia and the Americas.
Typhlopidae	Merrem, 1820	6	Long-tailed blind snakes	Most tropical and many subtropical regions all over the world.

References

^ ^a ^b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Scolecophidia (TSN 634389). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 14 August 2007.
^ Scolecophidia at Palaeos. Accessed 14 August 2007.

Families

See also

References