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Epictia
Leptotyphlops is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes, commonly known as slender blind snakes and threadsnakes, found throughout North and South America, Africa, Indian subcontinent and southwestern Asia. Currently, 87 species are recognized.
44 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 44 known species
Latin American Blind Snake
speciesEpictia albipuncta
Taylor's Blind Snake
speciesEpictia ater
Epictia borapeliotes
speciesEpictia borapeliotes
Guyana Blind Snake
speciesEpictia tenella
Black Blind Snake
speciesEpictia magnamaculata
Rio Grande do Sul Blind Snake
speciesEpictia munoai
Epictia phenops
speciesEpictia phenops
Black Blind Snake
speciesEpictia goudotii
Epictia resetari
speciesEpictia resetari
Vindum's Worm Snake
speciesEpictia vindumi
Freiberg's Blind Snake
speciesEpictia australis
Klauber's Blind Snake
speciesEpictia subcrotilla
Tschudi's Blind Snake
speciesEpictia tesselata
Epictia fallax
speciesEpictia fallax
Wagler's blind snake
speciesEpictia albifrons
San Salvador Blind Snake
speciesEpictia columbi
Epictia amazonica
speciesEpictia amazonica
Three-colored Blind Snake
speciesEpictia tricolor
Epictia bakewelli
speciesEpictia bakewelli
Epictia striatula
speciesEpictia striatula
Common Peru Blind Snake
speciesEpictia diaplocia
Guayaquila Blind Snake
speciesEpictia guayaquilensis
Pantanal Threadsnake
speciesEpictia vellardi
Epictia clinorostris
speciesEpictia clinorostris
Rose Blind Snake
speciesEpictia rufidorsa
García's Blind Snake
speciesEpictia antoniogarciai
Epictia pauldwyeri
speciesEpictia pauldwyeri
Epictia schneideri
speciesEpictia schneideri
Epictia vonmayi
speciesEpictia vonmayi
Epictia rioignis
speciesEpictia rioignis
Peru Blind Snake
speciesEpictia peruviana
Epictia alfredschmidti
speciesEpictia alfredschmidti
Epictia hobartsmithi
speciesEpictia hobartsmithi
Epictia martinezi
speciesEpictia martinezi
Dark Blind Snake
speciesEpictia melanura
Epictia septemlineata
speciesEpictia septemlineata
Epictia vanwallachi
speciesEpictia vanwallachi
Epictia venegasi
speciesEpictia venegasi
Epictia wynni
speciesEpictia wynni
South American Blind Snake
speciesEpictia signata
Northern Blind Snake
speciesEpictia teaguei
Eleven-striped Blind Snake
speciesEpictia undecimstriata
Epictia unicolor
speciesEpictia unicolor
Red-lined Blind Snake
speciesEpictia rubrolineata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 88194.