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Helminthophis

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Helminthophis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Anomalepididae
Genus: Helminthophis
Peters, 1860
Synonyms
  • Helminthophis - Peters, 1860
  • Idiotyphlops - Jan In Jan & Sordelli, 1860[1]
Common names: (none).

Helminthophis is a genus of non-venomous blind snakes found in southern Central America and northwestern South America. Currently, 3 monotypic species are recognized.[2]

Geographic range

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Found in southern Central America and northwestern South America in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela. According to Hahn (1980), one species has possibly been introduced in Mauritius.[1]

Species

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Species[2] Taxon author[2] Common name Geographic range[1]
Helminthophis flavoterminatus (Peters, 1857) South America in Colombia and Venezuela. Possibly introduced in Mauritius.
Helminthophis frontalisT (Peters, 1860) Central America: Costa Rica and Panama.
Helminthophis praeocularis Amaral, 1924 South America: northern Colombia in the inter-Andean areas of Tolima, Santander and Norte de Santander provinces.

T) Type species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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).
  2. ^ a b c "Helminthophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
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