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Scolecophidia
Taxonomy
Scolecophidia was named by Duméril and Bibron (1844). It is extant. It was considered unknown by Mead (2013).
It was reranked as the suborder Scolecophidia by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); it was synonymized subjectively with Typhlopoidea by Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the unranked clade Scolecophidia by Augé and Rage (2006) and Mead (2013).
It was assigned to Ophidia by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Serpentes by Carroll (1988), Vidal and Hedges (2002), Venczel and Stiuca (2008) and Mead (2013); to Serpentes by Wilcox et al. (2002), Augé and Rage (2006), Longrich et al. (2012) and Palci et al. (2013); and to Serpentes by Mead and Steadman (2017).
It was reranked as the suborder Scolecophidia by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); it was synonymized subjectively with Typhlopoidea by Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the unranked clade Scolecophidia by Augé and Rage (2006) and Mead (2013).
It was assigned to Ophidia by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Serpentes by Carroll (1988), Vidal and Hedges (2002), Venczel and Stiuca (2008) and Mead (2013); to Serpentes by Wilcox et al. (2002), Augé and Rage (2006), Longrich et al. (2012) and Palci et al. (2013); and to Serpentes by Mead and Steadman (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1844 | Scolecophidia Duméril and Bibron |
| 1871 | Scolecophidia Cope p. 237 |
| 1875 | Scolecophidia Cope p. 21 |
| 1988 | Scolecophidia Carroll |
| 2002 | Scolecophidia Vidal and Hedges p. 983 |
| 2002 | Scolecophidia Wilcox et al. |
| 2006 | Scolecophidia Augé and Rage p. 245 |
| 2008 | Scolecophidia Venczel and Stiuca p. 755 figs. 13G, H |
| 2012 | Scolecophidia Longrich et al. |
| 2013 | Scolecophidia Mead |
| 2013 | Scolecophidia Palci et al. |
| 2017 | Scolecophidia Mead and Steadman p. 432 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Infraor. Scolecophidia Duméril and Bibron 1844
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Fm. Anomalepididae
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G. Anomalepis Jan 1860 [South American blind snakes]
G. Helminthophis Peters 1860 [Greater blind snakes]
G. Liotyphlops Peters 1881 [Lesser blind snakes]
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Liotyphlops albirostris Peters 1857 [Whitenose blind snake]
G. Typhlophis Fitzinger 1843 [Trinidad blind snakes]
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Typhlophis squamosus Schlegel 1839 [Trinidad blind snake]
Fm. Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger 1892
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G. Leptotyphlops Fitzinger 1843 [Slender blind snakes]
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Leptotyphlops dulcis Baird and Girard 1853 [Texas blind snake]
Leptotyphlops goudotii Dumeril 1844 [Black blind snake]
Leptotyphlops humilis Baird and Girard 1853 [Western blind snake]
Invalid names: Glauconiidae Boulenger 1890 [synonym], Stenostomidae Cope 1871 [synonym]
Fm. Typhlopidae Bonaparte 1831 [blind snake]
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G. Typhlops Oppel 1811 [blind snake]
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Typhlops biminiensis Richmond 1955
Typhlops caymanensis Sackett 1940
Typhlops epactius Thomas 1968
Typhlops jamaicensis Shaw 1802 [Jamaica worm snake]
Typhlops lineolatus Jan 1863 [Common lined worm snake]
Superfm. Typhlopoidea
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available