Taxonomy Profile: Leptotyphlops (Fitzinger 1843)

Leptotyphlops: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Slender Blind Snakes []
Threadsnakes []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Leptotyphlops: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Serpentes
Snakes |
cobra |
serpente |
serpents |
Infraorder : Scolecophidia
Family : Leptotyphlopidae
Slender Blind Snakes |
Thread Snakes |
Threadsnakes |
Subfamily : Leptotyphlopinae
Genus : Leptotyphlops
Slender Blind Snakes |
Threadsnakes |
Leptotyphlops Direct Children(s):
Leptotyphlops distanti
(Boulenger 1892)
Leptotyphlops emini
(Boulenger 1890)
Leptotyphlops macrops
(Broadley and Wallach 1996)
Leptotyphlops nigricans
(Schlegel 1839)
Leptotyphlops telloi
(Broadley and Watson 1976)
Leptotyphlops aethiopicus
(Broadley and Wallach 2007)
Leptotyphlops incognitus
(Broadley and Watson 1976)
Leptotyphlops latirostris
(Sternfeld 1912)
Leptotyphlops howelli
(Broadley and Wallach 2007)
Leptotyphlops jacobseni
(Broadley and S Broadley 1999)
Leptotyphlops kafubi
(Boulenger 1919)
Leptotyphlops keniensis
(Broadley and Wallach 2007)
Leptotyphlops mbanjensis
(Broadley and Wallach 2007)
Leptotyphlops merkeri
(Werner 1909)
Leptotyphlops nigroterminus
(Broadley and Wallach 2007)
Leptotyphlops pembae
(Loveridge 1941)
Leptotyphlops pitmani
(Broadley and Wallach 2007)
Leptotyphlops pungwensis
(Broadley and Wallach 1997)
Leptotyphlops sylvicolus
(Broadley and Wallach 1997)
Leptotyphlops: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Leptotyphlops
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Leptotyphlops
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Leptotyphlops
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Leptotyphlops
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Leptotyphlops
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-07-02 / 1999-07-02
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
Page(s):
xi + 511
Publisher:
The Herpetologists' League
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-893777-01-4/1-893777-00-6
Notes:
Reference for:
Leptotyphlops
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Adalsteinsson, Solny A., William R. Branch, Sébastien Trape, Laurie J. Vitt, and S. Blair Hedges
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2009-01-01 / 2009-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zootaxa, vol. 2244
Page(s):
1-50
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1175-5326
Notes:
Reference for:
Leptotyphlops
Leptotyphlops: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Leptotyphlops: Comments