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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Anomalepididae
Bibliography of the genus Helminthophis
Biodiversity of the family Anomalepididae








Genus
Helminthophis

Northwestern Blind Snakes, Vermiculate Blind Snakes

Nordwestliche Blindschlangen

Nordvestlige Ormeslanger

1860 Helmintophis Peters (type species: Typhlops frontalis Peters 1860)
1860 Idiotyphlops Jan in Jan & Sordelli (type species: Typhlops flavoterminatus Peters 1857)
Contents: 3 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: H. flavoterminatus may have been introduced to Mauritius, Indian Ocean (Hahn 1980).
Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela.

Helminthophis flavoterminatus

Yellow-tailed Blind Snake

Gelbschwanz-Blindschlange

Gulhalet Ormeslange

1857 Typhlops flavoterminatus Peters
Idiotyphlops flavoterminatus Jan 1860
Helminthophis flavoterminatus Bocage 1873
Liotyphlops flavoterminatus Medem 1969
1900 Typhlops mutilatus Werner (Wallach & Günther 1997)

Remarks: May have been introduced to Mauritius, Indian Ocean (Hahn 1980; Wallach & Günther 1997).
Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.


Helminthophis frontalis

Pink-headed Blind Snake

Rotkopf-Blindschlange

Rødhovedet Ormeslange

1860 Typhlops frontalis Peters
Helminthophis frontalis Peters 1881

Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama.


Helminthophis praeocularis

Rio Magdalena Blind Snake, Inter-Andean Blind Snake

Rio-Magdalena-Blindschlange

Rio Magdalena-ormeslange

1924 Helminthophis praeocularis Amaral

Distribution: Colombia.