Family Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger 1892 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Leptotyphlopidae

Synonyms: Glauconiidae Boulenger 1890, Stenostomidae Cope 1871

Parent taxon: Scolecophidia according to A. Palci et al. 2013

See also Cope 1875, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gadow 1898, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Perrier 1928 and Vidal and Hedges 2002

Sister taxa: Anomalepididae, Typhlopidae, Typhlopoidea

Subtaxa: Leptotyphlops

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Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leptotyphlopidae in the database

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