Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: October 31st, 2023.
 
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Genus
Tricheilostoma
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West African Forest Thread Snakes
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Westafrikanische Wald-Fadenschlangen
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Vestafrikanske Skov-trådslanger
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1860 |  |
Tricheilostoma Jan (type species: Stenostoma bicolor Peters 1860) |
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2009 | |
Guinea Hedges, Adalsteinsson & Branch in Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges [not Guinea Kocak & Kemal 2008 (Hymenoptera)] (type species: Stenostoma bicolor Jan 1860; syn. Hedges 2011) |
Contents:
6 species, of which 4 (66.7%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of
Leptotyphlops.
Revalidated as a separate genus by Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges (2009).
For a short period, the genus name Tricheilostoma was used for the New World species now placed in
Trilepida, until Hedges (2011) resolved the taxonomic confusion
regarding the type species of the former genus.
Distribution:
W. Africa.
Reported from:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko),
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Mali,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Sudan,
Togo.
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Tricheilostoma bicolor
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Bicoloured Thread Snake
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Zweifarbige Fadenschlange
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Tofarvet Trådslange
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1860 | |
Stenosoma bicolor Jan |
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Glauconia bicolor Boulenger 1890 |
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Leptotyphlops bicolor Leeson 1950 |
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Guinea bicolor Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 |
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Tricheilostoma bicolor Hedges 2011 |
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1860 | |
Stenostoma gracile Jan (Hahn 1980) |
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1887 | |
Stenostoma brevicauda Bocage (Hahn & Wallach 1998) |
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Glauconia brevicauda Boulenger 1890 |
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Leptotyphlops brevicauda Leeson 1950 |
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Glauconia bicolor gruveli Chabanaud |
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Glauconia gruveli Boulenger 1919 |
Remarks:
Ullenbruch, Grell & Böhme (2010) listed brevicauda as a valid species.
Regarded as a synonym of bicolor by most works (e.g., Hahn & Wallach 1998; Hedges 2011).
Records from Chad refer to sundewalli (Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toïngué & Kerah 2020).
Distribution:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Mali,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Togo.
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Tricheilostoma broadleyi
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Lamto Thread Snake
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Lamto-Fadenschlange
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Lamto-trådslange
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Leptotyphlops broadleyi Wallach & Hahn |
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Guinea broadleyi Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 |
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Tricheilostoma broadleyi Hedges 2011 |
Distribution:
Ivory Coast.
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Tricheilostoma dissimilis
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Sudan Thread Snake
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Sudanische Fadenschlange
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Sudansk Trådslange
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1886 | |
Stenostoma dissimile Bocage |
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Glauconia dissimilis Boulenger 1890 |
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Leptotyphlops dissimile Flower 1933 |
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Myriopholis dissimilis Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 |
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Tricheilostoma dissimilis Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 |
Remarks:
Status uncertain (Broadley & Wallach 2007b).
Known only from the type specimen, which is lost (Hahn 1980).
The specimen was from the White Nile, which is provisionally assumed herein to refer to the White Nile State in Sudan, but it could be further south in South Sudan.
Possibly related to bicolor and/or broadleyi (Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014).
Distribution:
Sudan.
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Tricheilostoma greenwelli
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Ibadan Thread Snake
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Ibadan-Fadenschlange
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Ibadan-trådslange
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Leptotyphlops greenwelli Wallach & Boundy |
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Guinea greenwelli Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 |
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Tricheilostoma greenwelli Hedges 2011 |
Distribution:
Nigeria.
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Tricheilostoma kongoensis
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Kinshasa Thread Snake
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Kinshasa-Fadenschlange
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Kinshasa-trådslange
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2019 | |
Tricheilostoma kongoensis Trape |
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa.
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Tricheilostoma sundewalli
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Central African Thread Snake, (Sundewal's Thread Snake)
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Zentralafrikanische Fadenschlange
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Centralafrikansk Trådslange
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1862 | |
Stenostoma sundewalli Jan |
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Glauconia sundevalli [emendation] Boulenger 1890 |
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Leptotyphlops sundevalli Villiers 1950 |
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Guinea sundewalli Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 |
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Tricheilostoma sundewalli Hedges 2011 |
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1906 | |
Glauconia gestri Boulenger (Hahn & Wallach 1998) |
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Leptotyphlops gestri Perret 1961 |
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Leptotyphlops sundewalli gestri Hahn & Wallach 1998 |
Distribution:
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko),
Ghana,
Nigeria,
Togo.
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