Leptotyphlopinae

Leptotyphlopinae (commonly called slender blind snakes or threadsnakes) are a subfamily of snakes found in equatorial Africa.[1]

Leptotyphlopinae
Leptotyphlops distanti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily: Leptotyphlopinae
Hedges, Adalsteinsson & Branch, 2009

Taxonomy
  • Genus Epacrophis [Hedges, Adalsteinsson, & Branch, 2009] (3 species)
  • Genus Leptotyphlops [Fitzinger, 1843] (21 species)
  • Genus Myriopholis [Hedges, Adalsteinsson, & Branch, 2009] (23 species)
  • Genus Namibiana [Hedges, Adalsteinsson, & Branc, 2009] (5 species)

References
  1. " Leptotyphlopinae ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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