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
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leptotyphlopidae in the database