Typhlops

Typhlops
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Infraorder:	Scolecophidia
Superfamily:	Typhlopoidea
Family:	Typhlopidae
Subfamily:	Typhlopinae
Genus:	Typhlops; Oppel, 1811
Synonyms
	Typhlops ; Oppel, 1811; Tiphlops ; Rafinesque, 1815; Typhlops ; — Hemprich, 1820; Typhlos ; Bonaparte, 1831; Aspidorhynchus ; Fitzinger, 1843; Gerrhopilus ; Fitzinger, 1843; Ophthalmidion ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844; Cathetorhinus ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844; Anilios ; Gray, 1845; Argyrophis ; Gray, 1845; Meditoria ; Gray, 1845; Typhlops ; — Gistel, 1846; Diaphorotyphlops ; Jan in Jan & Sordelli, 1860; Typhlops ; — Boulenger, 1893; Typhlops ; — M.A. Smith, 1922; Ophthalmidium ; Loveridge, 1957;

Typhlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to the West Indies. Some species which were formerly placed in the genus Typhlops have been moved to the genera Afrotyphlops, Amerotyphlops, Anilios, Antillotyphlops, Argyrophis, Cubatyphlops, Indotyphlops, Letheobia, Madatyphlops, Malayotyphlops, and Xerotyphlops.

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