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Typhlopidae (blind snake)
Taxonomy
Typhlopidae was named by Bonaparte (1831). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Palci et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Ophidia by Zittel (1890); to Ophidia by Gadow (1898), Perrier (1928); to Angiostomata by Kuhn (1946); to Typhlopoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Scolecophidia by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Rage (1984); to Serpentes by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Scolecophidia by Carroll (1988), Vidal and Hedges (2002), Palci et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Ophidia by Zittel (1890); to Ophidia by Gadow (1898), Perrier (1928); to Angiostomata by Kuhn (1946); to Typhlopoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Scolecophidia by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Rage (1984); to Serpentes by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Scolecophidia by Carroll (1988), Vidal and Hedges (2002), Palci et al. (2013).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1831 | Typhlopidae Bonaparte |
| 1871 | Typhlopidae Cope p. 237 |
| 1875 | Typhlopidae Cope p. 21 |
| 1890 | Typhlopidae Zittel p. 627 |
| 1898 | Typhlopidae Gadow p. 28 |
| 1928 | Typhlopidae Perrier p. 3101 |
| 1946 | Typhlopidae Kuhn p. 62 |
| 1966 | Typhlopidae Kuhn p. 60 |
| 1984 | Typhlopidae Rage p. 9 |
| 1988 | Typhlopidae Carroll |
| 1996 | Typhlopidae Frank and Ramus |
| 2002 | Typhlopidae Vidal and Hedges p. 983 |
| 2013 | Typhlopidae Palci et al. |
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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.
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]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. Perrier 1928 | Yeux rudimentaires, cachés sous la peau et souvent invisibles. Dents absentes sur la mandibule et sur les prémaxillaires; seulement de 2 à 5 dents recourbées en arrière sur les maxillaires, qui sont petits et reportés loin vers le fond du palais. Un os coronoïde formant une forte saillie sur l'articulaire de la mandi- bule. Écailles ventrales semblables aux dorsales, cycloïdes, lisses, imbriquées. Un rudiment de bassin représenté par deux os symétriques. Pas de squamosal (supratemporal) entre le sus-occipital et le prootique. |