Short snakes ( lat. Leptotyphlops ) is a genus of non-venomous snakes of the family of the same name . Distributed in North and South America, in Africa and South-West Asia [1] . At the beginning of 2012 in the genus include 19 species [2] . Lead a digging lifestyle. Externally similar to earthworms. They feed on termite larvae.
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 Leptotyphlops carlae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leptotyphlops Fitzinger , 1843 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Types
- Leptotyphlops aethiopicus
- Leptotyphlops conjunctus
- Leptotyphlops distanti
- Leptotyphlops emini
- Leptotyphlops howelli
- Leptotyphlops incognitus
- Leptotyphlops jacobseni
- Leptotyphlops kafubi
- Leptotyphlops keniensis
- Leptotyphlops macrops
- Leptotyphlops mbanjensis
- Leptotyphlops nigricans
- Leptotyphlops nigroterminus
- Leptotyphlops pembae
- Leptotyphlops pitmani
- Leptotyphlops pungwensis
- Leptotyphlops scutifrons
- Leptotyphlops sylvicolus
- Leptotyphlops telloi
Notes
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ The Reptile Database: genus Leptotyphlops (Eng.)