Tetracheilostoma

Tetracheilostoma is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. All of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

Tetracheilostoma
St. Lucia threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma breuili)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily: Epictinae
Genus: Tetracheilostoma
Jan, 1861

The genus contains the following species:[1]

  • Tetracheilostoma bilineatum, two-lined blind snake
  • Tetracheilostoma breuili, St. Lucia threadsnake
  • Tetracheilostoma carlae, Barbados threadsnake

References

  1. " Tetracheilostoma ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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