Leptotyphlops

Leptotyphlops
	Leptotyphlops distanti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Leptotyphlops; Fitzinger, 1843
Synonyms
	Stenostoma Wagler, 1824 (preoccupied); Typhlina Wagler, 1830; Stenostona Cuvier, 1836; Leptotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843; Eucephalus Fitzinger, 1843; Catodon A.M.C.Duméril & Bibron, 1844; Glauconia Gray, 1845; Rena Baird & Girard, 1853; Sabrina Girard, 1857; Ramphostoma Jan in Jan & Sordelli, 1860; Tricheilostoma Jan in Jan & Sordelli, 1860; Tetracheilostoma Jan, 1861; Siagonodon W. Peters, 1881; Stenostomophis Rochebrune, 1884; Rhamphostoma Boulenger, 1893;

Leptotyphlops is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes, commonly known as slender blind snakes and threadsnakes,^[2] in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is endemic to and found throughout Africa. Eleven species have been moved to the genus Trilepida, and other species have been moved to the genera Epacrophis, Epictia, Mitophis, Myriopholis, Namibiana, Rena, Siagonodon, Tetracheilostoma, and Tricheilostoma.

^ McDiarmid, RW; Campbell, JA; Touré, TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-01-4.
^ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.