Typhlops

Typhlops
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Infraorder:	Scolecophidia
Superfamily:	Typhlopoidea
Family:	Typhlopidae
Subfamily:	Typhlopinae
Genus:	Typhlops; Oppel, 1811
Synonyms
	Typhlops ; Oppel, 1811; Tiphlops ; Rafinesque, 1815; Typhlops ; — Hemprich, 1820; Typhlos ; Bonaparte, 1831; Aspidorhynchus ; Fitzinger, 1843; Gerrhopilus ; Fitzinger, 1843; Ophthalmidion ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844; Cathetorhinus ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844; Anilios ; Gray, 1845; Argyrophis ; Gray, 1845; Meditoria ; Gray, 1845; Typhlops ; — Gistel, 1846; Diaphorotyphlops ; Jan in Jan & Sordelli, 1860; Typhlops ; — Boulenger, 1893; Typhlops ; — M.A. Smith, 1922; Ophthalmidium ; Loveridge, 1957;

Typhlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to the West Indies.^[1] Some species which were formerly placed in the genus Typhlops have been moved to the genera Afrotyphlops, Amerotyphlops, Anilios, Antillotyphlops, Argyrophis, Cubatyphlops, Indotyphlops, Letheobia, Madatyphlops, Malayotyphlops, and Xerotyphlops.

^ ^a ^b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).