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Anilios
Typhlops is a genus of blind snakes found in Europe, Africa, Asia and Central and South America. Currently, 120 species are recognized, accounting for over half of the species in the family Typhlopidae. Common names include: blind snakes, blindsnakes.
48 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 48 known species
Blackish Blind Snake
speciesAnilios nigrescens
Prong-snouted Blind Snake
speciesAnilios bituberculatus
Southern Blind Snake
speciesAnilios australis
Dark-spined Blind Snake
speciesAnilios bicolor
Long-beaked Blind Snake
speciesAnilios grypus
Robust Blind Snake
speciesAnilios ligatus
Woodland Blind Snake
speciesAnilios proximus
Interior Blind Snake
speciesAnilios endoterus
Brown-snouted Blind Snake
speciesAnilios wiedii
North-eastern Blind Snake
speciesAnilios torresianus
Rotund Blind Snake
speciesAnilios pinguis
Beaked Blind Snake
speciesAnilios waitii
Pale-headed Blind Snake
speciesAnilios hamatus
Claw-snouted Blind Snake
speciesAnilios unguirostris
Northern Blind Snake
speciesAnilios diversus
Great Sandy Blind Snake
speciesAnilios silvia
Faint-striped Blind Snake
speciesAnilios broomi
Centralian Blind Snake
speciesAnilios centralis
Small-headed Blind Snake
speciesAnilios affinis
Cape York Striped Blind Snake
speciesAnilios chamodracaena
Top End Blind Snake
speciesAnilios guentheri
White-tailed blindsnake
speciesAnilios leucoproctus
Murchison Blind Snake
speciesAnilios leptosoma
Gane's Blind Snake
speciesAnilios ganei
Sand-diving Blind Snake
speciesAnilios ammodytes
Pilbara Blind Snake
speciesAnilios pilbarensis
Sandamara Blind Snake
speciesAnilios troglodytes
Thread-like Blind Snake
speciesAnilios nema
Round-tailed Blind Snake
speciesAnilios aspina
Northern New Guinea blindsnake
speciesAnilios erycinus
Kimberley deep-soil Blind Snake
speciesAnilios howi
Kimberley Shallow-soil Blind Snake
speciesAnilios kimberleyensis
Barrow Island Blind Snake
speciesAnilios longissimus
Buff-snouted Blind Snake
speciesAnilios margaretae
Groote Eylandt Dwarf Blind Snake
speciesAnilios minimus
Darwin Blind Snake
speciesAnilios tovelli
Yirrkala Blind Snake
speciesAnilios yirrikalae
Blunt-snouted Blind Snake
speciesAnilios obtusifrons
Sharp-snouted Blind Snake
speciesAnilios systenos
Mornington Blind Snake
speciesAnilios vagurima
Small-eyed Blind Snake
speciesAnilios micromma
Yampi Blind Snake
speciesAnilios yampiensis
Hale River Blind Snake
speciesAnilios fossor
Fassifern Blind Snake
speciesAnilios insperatus
West Kimberley Blind Snake
speciesAnilios zonula
Roberts' Blind Snake
speciesAnilios robertsi
Splendid Blind Snake
speciesAnilios splendidus
Shovel-snouted Blind Snake
speciesAnilios batillus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 539135.