Tricheilostoma

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Tricheilostoma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily: Epictinae
Genus: Tricheilostoma
Jan, 1860

Tricheilostoma is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. All of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

The genus contains the following species:[1]

  • Tricheilostoma bicolor, two-colored blind snake
  • Tricheilostoma broadleyi
  • Tricheilostoma dissimilis, Sudan blind snake
  • Tricheilostoma sundewalli, Sundevall's worm snake

References[]

  1. ^ " Tricheilostoma ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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