A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptila, Squamata)

Nicolas Vidal

Recently six species and subspecies of typhlopid snakes are described from Pakistan. Since description of most of the new taxa is published in Russian Journal of Herpetology, which is not available to most of the workers in Pakistan, present paper gives salient features of the new taxa to facilitate further work on blind snakes in Pakistan.

Two new blind snakes in the genus Ramphotyphlops are described from Ulithi (R. hatmaliyeb sp. nov.) and Ant Atoll (R.adocetus sp. nov.) in the Caroline Islands, the first blind snake species known from Micronesia east of Palau (excludingRamphotyphlops braminus). Both species are unusual in being known only from small, low-lying atolls. They can be dis-tinguished from other Ramphotyphlops by the combination of 22 scale rows over the length of the body; a wedge-shaped snout, without a keratinized keel; and a broad, pyriform (R. adocetus) or ovate (R. hatmaliyeb) rostral scale.

The blindsnake genus Anilios (formerly Ramphotyphlops) is the largest and most diverse genus of snakes in Australia with 45 currently recognized species. Recent molecular genetic studies of the genus have identified high levels of cryptic diversity within many taxa, suggesting true species diversity is greatly underestimated. Anilios leptosoma is a slender blind-snake endemic to the mid-west of Western Australia. Although morphological variation has been identified within the species in the past, the systematics and true diversity remained unstudied. Here we use recent molecular data to guide a reappraisal of morphology in order to provide a taxonomic revision of the A. leptosoma species complex. We redescribe A. leptosoma and describe two new species that occur to the south of most of true A. leptosoma's distribution: A. systenos sp. nov. and A. obtusifrons sp. nov. Anilios systenos sp. nov. is known from the Geraldton region with the furthest record only 100 km to the northeast , a very small range for a species of snake. Anilios obtusifrons sp. nov. has an even smaller distribution, as it is only known from a small coastal area south of Kalbarri and may represent a range-restricted taxa. All species are genetically divergent from each other and can be distinguished by consistent morphological characteristics, including the shape of the snout, the termination point of the rostral cleft and number of mid-body scale rows and ventral scales. Introduction Australia supports a diverse herpetofauna and current species counts continue to increase with cryptic species frequently identified and described from within what were previously considered single taxa. True species diversity has largely been underestimated historically due to relatively few workers covering a large diverse area and the high levels of cryptic diversity occurring in a range of taxa. Cryptic species diversity within Australian herpetofauna was first summarized by Donnellan et al. (1993) and there has subsequently been a significant increase in studies testing for cryptic diversity within nominal species, especially widespread taxa, and resolving the attendant taxonomic problems (Oliver et al. 2014a). While morphology has often been the sole factor in identifying new taxa historically, molecular genetic methods are now used to identify cryptic diversity occurring within taxa and assist in resolving the taxonomy of these species. The increased use of molecular genetic methods as a taxonomic tool has allowed considerable understanding and resolution of many species complexes and cryptic taxa (summarized in Oliver et al. 2015). Through integrative approaches to taxonomy, an abundance of cryptic lineages have been identified within currently-recognized species across Australia, leading to the description of a range of new taxa (e.

caribbean herpetology article A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata) S. Blair Hedges1,*, Angela B. Marion1, Kelly M. Lipp1,2, Julie Marin3,4, and Nicolas Vidal3 Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-5301, USA. 1 Current address: School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450, USA. Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR 7138, C.P. 26, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France. 4 Current address: Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-5301 USA. *Corresponding author (sbh1@psu.edu) 2 3 Article registration: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:47191405-862B-4FB6-8A28-29AB7E25FBDD Edited by: Robert W. Henderson. Date of publication: 17 January 2014. Citation: Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61. Abstract The evolutionary history and taxonomy of worm-like snakes (scolecophidians) continues to be reined as new molecular data are gathered and analyzed. Here we present additional evidence on the phylogeny of these snakes, from morphological data and 489 new DNA sequences, and propose a new taxonomic framework for the family Typhlopidae. Of 257 named species of typhlopid snakes, 92 are now placed in molecular phylogenies along with 60 additional species yet to be described. Afrotyphlopinae subfam. nov. is distributed almost exclusively in sub-Saharan Africa and contains three genera: Afrotyphlops, Letheobia, and Rhinotyphlops. Asiatyphlopinae subfam. nov. is distributed in Asia, Australasia, and islands of the western and southern Paciic, and includes ten genera: Acutotyphlops, Anilios, Asiatyphlops gen. nov., Cyclotyphlops, Grypotyphlops, Indotyphlops gen. nov., Malayotyphlops gen. nov., Ramphotyphlops, Sundatyphlops gen. nov., and Xerotyphlops gen. nov. Madatyphlopinae subfam. nov. occurs only in Madagascar and includes one genus: Madatyphlops gen. nov. Typhlopinae occurs in the New World and includes four genera: Amerotyphlops gen. nov., Antillotyphlops gen. nov., Cubatyphlops gen. nov., and Typhlops. Scolecophidians are the most ancient (deeply-branching) group of living snakes and their relationships track plate tectonics better than any other vertebrate group. Molecular data reveal large numbers of undescribed species, inferring that the true species diversity of these snakes is greatly underestimated. Keywords: phylogeny, blindsnakes, Scolecophidia, Typhlopidae, systematics, biogeography, cryptic species. Introduction Scolecophidians are distributed on all continents except Antarctica but they are most diverse in tropical regions of continents and tropical islands (McDiarmid et al. 1999; Uetz & Hošek 2013). These worm-like snakes have been neglected in nearly all aspects of vertebrate research. Approximately 400 described species are placed in ive families: Anomalepididae (anomalepidids, 18 species), Leptotyphlopidae (threadsnakes, 116 species), Typhlopidae (typical blindsnakes, 257 species), Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan blindsnakes, 16 species), and Xenotyphlopidae (round-nosed blindsnake, 1 species) (Adalsteinsson et al. 2009; Vidal et al. 2010; Uetz & Hošek 2013). The Caribbean islands are unusual in having one of the largest blindsnake faunas in the world, numbering 44 species of typhlopids, with at least 25 additional undescribed species (see below). This taxonomic update is a continuation of a series of systematic studies of scolecophidian snakes by our group (Hedges 1989; Hedges & Thomas 1991; Hedges et al. 1992; Rabosky et al. 2004; Thomas & Hedges 2007; Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 1 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Hedges 2008; Adalsteinsson et al. 2009; Vidal et al. 2010; Hedges 2011; Marin et al. 2013a; Marin et al. 2013b; Wegener et al. 2013). Until recently (Adalsteinsson et al. 2009; Vidal et al. 2010), there was no published tree of the evolutionary relationships of scolecophidians, which is remarkable for a major group of vertebrates. One reason for the slow progress in the systematics of these snakes has been the paucity of useful morphological characters, not uncommon in burrowing reptiles with conservative body plans and often an impetus for exploring molecular data (Vidal et al. 2008). The use of molecular markers in scolecophidians has proven especially valuable in revealing cryptic species (Hedges & Thomas 1991; Aplin & Donnellan 1993; Rabosky et al. 2004; Thomas & Hedges 2007; Hedges 2008; Kornilios et al. 2011; Marin et al. 2013b) as well as discovering that some species are not valid (Wegener et al. 2013). In recent years, two of us (SBH, NV) have expanded eforts to improve the systematics of scolecophidian snakes, globally, by assembling tissue samples with the help of collaborators working in Africa (W. Branch), Madagascar (M. Vences), and Australia (K. P. Aplin, S. C. Donnellan, P. Doughty, and M. N. Hutchinson) as well as donations of samples from persons working in other regions. This international efort has resulted in the generation of 2,414 DNA sequences from 11 nuclear and mitochondrial genes, all of which have been deposited in GenBank. Our analyses of these data have greatly reined the taxonomy of both of the major groups, the threadsnakes (Adalsteinsson et al. 2009) and blindsnakes (Vidal et al. 2010), as well as their biogeographic history (Vidal et al. 2010; Marin et al. 2013a). For example, it has led to the recognition and description of 10 new family group taxa and ive new genus group taxa (Adalsteinsson et al. 2009; Vidal et al. 2010; Hedges 2011). However, these ongoing revisionary eforts have required continued sequence data collection and assembly of useful and relevant morphological characters. We have collected more than 1000 new DNA sequences of scolecophidians, not included in our previous studies, and all of these data, including morphological data, have helped to deine supraspeciic clades within Typhlopidae unrecognized previously. Although our intent has been to release this revisionary work in a single monograph, we are releasing the pertinent taxonomic information here. Hence, this current work, focused on Typhlopidae, should be viewed more as a preliminary taxonomic synopsis of a larger and more comprehensive work to come later. Here, we present 489 new DNA sequences, and molecular phylogenies that include at least 150 species (described and undescribed) of snakes in this family, along with a revised taxonomic framework and descriptions of new supraspeciic taxa. Materials and Methods Data collection. Three separate molecular datasets were built for this study. We expanded our worldwide scolecophidian dataset, called here dataset A (Vidal et al. 2010), our Australian typhlopid dataset, dataset B (Marin et al. 2013a; Marin et al. 2013b), and built an expanded West Indian typhlopid dataset, dataset C. Each of the three datasets includes published and new sequences. However, for dataset B, all of the new sequences are from the samples used in Marin et al. (2013a, b); to avoid confusion, we list those samples and localities in Appendix 1. GenBank accession numbers for the 182 new sequences used in dataset B are KF992951–KF993132. For the previously published sequences (and museum accession numbers and localities) used in datasets A and C, see Vidal et al. (2010). GenBank accession numbers for the 105 new sequences used in dataset A are: KF992846–KF992950. GenBank accession numbers for the 202 new sequences used in dataset C are KF993133–KF993334. See Appendix 1 for details of the new samples used in the molecular analyses. Laboratory methods. DNA extraction was performed as described in Winnepenninckx et al. (1993) or with the DNeasy Tissue Kit from Qiagen. The following genes were used: BDNF, RAG1, BMP2, NT3, and AMEL for dataset A (Vidal et al. 2010); cytochrome b, PRLR, BDNF, BMP2, 12S and 16S rRNA for dataset B (Marin et al. 2013a; Marin et al. 2013b); cytochrome b, ND2, 12S and 16S rRNA, PRLR, BDNF, RAG1, BMP2, NT3, and AMEL for dataset C. Ampliication and sequencing was performed using primers from our previous scolecophidian studies (Adalsteinsson et al. 2009; Vidal et al. 2010; Marin et al. 2013a; Marin et al. 2013b) with the exception of those for 12S rRNA, 16S Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 2 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article rRNA, and ND2 (always 5’ to 3’): NV-12L2-AAA GCA WRG CAC TGA ARA TGC TWA GAT, NV-12H11-CAC TTT CCA GTA CGC TTA CCA TGT TAC G, JM-12L3-GGG GTG ACG GGC GGT GTG T, JM-12H13-AGT ATA CAT GCA AGW CTC, for the 12S rRNA; L2510-CGC CTG TTT ATC AAA AAC AT (Palumbi et al. 1991), H3056-CTC CGG TCT GAA CTC AGA TCA CGT AGG (Hedges 1994), for the 16S rRNA. For ND2, we designed 5 sets of primers: NDF1/NDR1, ND2F1/ND2R3, ND2F4/ ND2R4, ND2F5/ND2R5, and ND2F6/ND2R6. Those primers are: ND2F1-CAG CTA AAT AAG CTM TCG GGC CCA TAC C, NDR1-ACT TCT GGT ACT CAR AAR TG, ND2R3-GCT TTG AAG GCY SCT GGT TTA, ND2F4-ACT GGA TTY WTR CCW AAA TGA AT, ND2R4-GAT CCG ATG TCT TTA ATR GTT, ND2F5-CTA AAY CAA ACA CAA CTM CGA, ND2R5-GAT CCG ATG TCT TTA ATR GTT, ND2F6-CCA TTT CAC TTC TGA GTR CCA GAA GT, and ND2R6-TCG KAG TTG TGT TTG RTT TAG. For all genes, DNA ampliication was performed in a 21 μL inal volume containing 1 μL DMSO, 0.8 μL of dNTP (6.6 mM), 0.12 μL of Taq DNA polymerase (MP Biomedicals or Qiagen), using 2.5 μL of the bufer provided by the manufacturer, 100 u.ml-1 and 0.32 μL of each primer at 10 pM, and 1 μL of DNA extract. The PCR conditions were: an initial denaturation for 3 min at 94°C followed by 40 cycles (3 min at 94°C, 40 s at 50°C, 1 min at 72°C) and a inal elongation at 72°C for 10 min, using a PCR System 2700 thermocycler (Applied Biosystems). Both complementary strands of the PCR products were sequenced at Pennsylvania State University and Genoscope (http://www.genoscope.fr). The two strands obtained for each sequence, and multiple sequences, were combined and aligned using the BioEdit Sequence Alignment Editor program (Hall 1999) and alignment tools in MEGA5 (Tamura et al. 2011). Any diference between the two strands was coded as undetermined. Amino acid translations were used and alignment was straightforward for all nuclear genes. Alignment was also straightforward for 12S and 16S rRNA as the longest gap had a length of 4 bp. In all analyses, gaps were treated as missing data. Alignments can be obtained from Nicolas Vidal. For dataset A, alignments resulted in 630 BDNF sites, 516 RAG1 sites, 591 BMP2 sites, 639 NT3 sites, and 375 AMEL sites (total: 2751 sites from 5 genes for 127 taxa). For dataset B, alignments resulted in 678 cytochrome b sites, 483 PRLR sites, 669 BDNF sites, 588 BMP2 sites, 717 12S rRNA sites, and 406 16S rRNA sites (total: 3541 sites from 6 genes for 94 taxa). For dataset C, alignments resulted in 1107 cytochrome b sites, 573 16S rRNA sites, 383 12S rRNA sites, 909 ND2 sites, 552 PRLR sites, 630 BDNF sites, 516 RAG1 sites, 588 BMP2 sites, 639 NT3 sites, and 372 AMEL sites (total: 6269 sites from 10 genes for 54 taxa). Phylogenetic analyses. We built all phylogenies using Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Bayesian methods of inference (BI). ML analyses were performed with RAxML 7.2.7 (Stamatakis 2006; Stamatakis et al. 2008), and Bayesian analyses were performed with MrBayes 3.1.2 (Ronquist & Huelsenbeck 2003). For all datasets, we irst analyzed each gene separately to check topological congruence before combining them in our inal datasets. The partitioning strategy was the same for all three datasets: irst codon positions of combined nuclear genes, second codon positions of combined nuclear genes, third codon positions of combined nuclear genes, irst codon positions of combined mitochondrial genes, second codon positions of combined mitochondrial genes, third codon positions of combined mitochondrial genes, and combined 12S and 16S rRNA treated as one partition, with a GTR + I + G model applied to each partition for Bayesian analyses and a GTR + G model applied to each partition for RAxML analyses as recommended in Stamatakis (2006). For Bayesian analyses, four simultaneous Markov chains were run for 5 million generations, sampling every 100 generations, and discarding all samples during a 500,000 generation burnin-in period. Convergence of the Bayesian runs was examined by plots of ln L scores and low standard deviation of split frequencies as implemented in MrBayes 3.1.2. Two independent Bayesian runs were performed as an additional check that the chains mixed well and converged. For the ML analyses, we performed 1,000 bootstrap replicates, using the GTRCAT option. The resulting ML and Bayesian trees were visualized with FigTree 1.3.1. (http://tree.bio.ed.ac.uk/software/igtree/). Morphological data. One of us (SBH) has collected and examined nearly every species of typhlopid snake from Caribbean islands, and has borrowed and examined comparative material from museums (e.g., Hedges & Thomas 1991; Thomas & Hedges 2007). However, most of our morphological data (Tables 1–2), globally, are from the literature, including species descriptions (Table 3), summary articles, and illustrations of head scalation. We report classical characters used in the group, but also with a focus on their diagnostic ability. For example, postnasal Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 3 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Table 1. Morphological variation in the species of typhlopid snakes. Numbered columns correspond to the 20 numbered characters in the diagnoses. States separated by commas are equally frequent; those in parentheses are uncommon. Abbreviations: (1, eye), d (distinct), i (indistinct ); (2, snout), b (beaked), r (rounded), a (acuminate); (3, head scales), c (circular), nc (non circular); (4, frontorostral), p (present), a (absent); (5, nasal division), c (complete), i (incomplete); (6, nasal suture origin), 1 (supralabial 1), 2 (supralabial 2), s1 (suture 1 & 2), s2 (suture 2 & preocular), r (rostral), p (preocular); (7, subocular or subpreocular scales), p (present), a, (absent); (8a, postocular range); (8b, postocular average); (9, preocular-labial contact), 0 (no contact), 0i (intercalary scale), 0s (subpreocular), otherwise single supralabial scales or range of scales contacted are listed; (10a, midbody scale rows, range); (10b, midbody scale rows, average); (11, scale row reduction), p (present), a (absent); (12a, total middorsal scale rows, range); (12b, total middorsal scale rows, average); (13a, caudal scales, range); (13b, caudal scales, average); (14a, total length in mm, range of species maximums); (14b, total length, average of species maximums); (15a, body shape = total length/width, range); (15b, body shape, average); (16a, total length/tail length , range); (16b, total length/tail length, average); (17, dorsal ground color); (18, ventral ground color); (19, dorsal-ventral color diference), 0 (no diference = unicolor), 1 (dorsum darker = bicolor); (20, pattern), bl (blotched or marbled), br (bars), dl (dorsal lines), juv (juveniles), nk (neck band or collar), rt (reticulated), sp (spots or speckling), tr (tail rings), un (unpatterned), v (variable), ven (venter), vl (ventral lines); n/a (not available). Color abbreviations: bk (black), bl (blue), bg (beige), bn (brown), cr (cream), dk (dark), gd (gold), gn (green), gy (gray), lv (lavender), oc (ochre), ol (olive), or (orange), pk (pink or pale red), pl (pale), pu (purple), rd (red), tn (tan), um (umber), un (unpigmented), wt (white), yl (yellow). AFROTYPHLOPINAE Afrotyphlops angolensis Afrotyphlops anomalus Afrotyphlops bibronii Afrotyphlops blanfordii Afrotyphlops brevis Afrotyphlops calabresii Afrotyphlops comorensis Afrotyphlops congestus Afrotyphlops cuneirostris Afrotyphlops decorosus Afrotyphlops elegans Afrotyphlops fornasinii Afrotyphlops gierrai Afrotyphlops jubanus Afrotyphlops kaimosae Afrotyphlops liberiensis Afrotyphlops lineolatus Afrotyphlops mucruso Afrotyphlops nanus Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus Afrotyphlops obtusus Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus Afrotyphlops punctatus Afrotyphlops rondoensis Afrotyphlops schlegelii Afrotyphlops schmidti Afrotyphlops steinhausi Afrotyphlops tanganicanus Afrotyphlops usambaricus Letheobia acutirostrata Letheobia angeli Letheobia caeca Letheobia coecata Letheobia crossii Letheobia debilis Letheobia episcopa Letheobia erythraea Letheobia feae Letheobia gracilis Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 9 10a 11 d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d i i i i i i i i i i r b r r b a r r a r r r r b b r r b r r r r r r b r r r r n/a n/a b r b b b b b b nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a i i i i i i i i i? i? i,c c,i i i i n/a i i i i i i i i i i i i i n/a n/a c c c i c c c c,i? 1 r 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 n/a 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 r/1? n/a 2 2(r,1,s1) 2 2 s1? 2 2 2 s1? a a a a a a a a a a a a p a a n/a a a a p(a) a a a a a a a a a n/a n/a p a a p p p a p 3 4–7? 3–4 4 3–4 2 2–4 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 n/a 4–5 6–7 2–3 n/a >3 3 4 3–4 4–6 4 3–4 3 4 n/a n/a 4 2–3? 3–4 4 4–6? 3–4? 2 4 2–3 1–3 2 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2 0i 2–3 0 n/a 2–3 2–3,2 2 0i 2–3 2–3 2–3 2 2–3 2–3 1–2 2–3 2–3 n/a n/a 2–3,3 3 2–3? 2 2–4 2–3 2–3 2–3 24–36 29–32 30–34 28–32 29–38 20–22 20–22 24–30 20–24 24 18–20 22–26 26–28 24 28 n/a 26–30 30–40 30 28–34 22–26 24 28–32 22–26 32–45 22–26 26–28 21–24 26–28 n/a n/a 22–26 18–20 22–24 18–20 20 20–23 20–22 22 p p p p p a p p a(p) a n/a p,a p,a p a n/a p p p p p p p(a) p(a) p p p p p n/a n/a n/a n/a p p,a a p p,a a 4 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Letheobia graueri Letheobia kibarae Letheobia largeni Letheobia leucosticta Letheobia lumbriciformis Letheobia manni Letheobia newtoni Letheobia pallida Letheobia pauwelsi Letheobia pembana Letheobia praeocularis Letheobia rufescens Letheobia simonii Letheobia somalica Letheobia stejnegeri Letheobia sudanensis Letheobia swahilica Letheobia toritensis Letheobia uluguruensis Letheobia wittei Letheobia zenkeri Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus Rhinotyphlops boylei Rhinotyphlops lalandei Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus Rhinotyphlops schinzi Rhinotyphlops scortecci Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i d d d d d d d b b r r b r b r b r b b b r b b r r r r r b r b b b b b nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a i i c c,i? i i c,i? i c n/a c i i,c c c i c i c i c c i i i i c c 1,s1,2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 s1? s1? 2 2 1 2 2 p 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 p p p a p p a p p p a p a a a p p p p p p p a a a a p p 2 4 4 3 4 4 3 4–7? 3–4? n/a 3? 3–5 2–3 3–6 3 3 4 3 5 4 2 4 5 2 3 4–6 4–5 6 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 3 2–3 2–3 n/a 0 2 2–3? 2–3 2 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2 0s 2–3 2–3 2,2–3 2–3 2 2–4 2–3 24 24 22 22 18 26 26–28 22 22 24 24–26 20 20–21 24–30 26 24 22 22–24 20–22 20 18 24 24–28 26–34 24 22–26 23–25 24 a p p p a(p) n/a p p(a) a p p p,a p,a p,a p p,a p(a) p p a n/a p(a) p p(a) n/a a p(a) p ASIATYPHLOPINAE Acutotyphlops banaorum Acutotyphlops infralabialis Acutotyphlops kunuaensis Acutotyphlops solomonis Acutotyphlops subocularis Anilios ainis Anilios ammodytes Anilios aspinus Anilios australis Anilios batillus Anilios bicolor Anilios bituberculatus Anilios broomi Anilios centralis Anilios chamodracaena Anilios diversus Anilios endoterus Anilios erycinus Anilios ganei Anilios grypus Anilios guentheri Anilios hamatus Anilios howi Anilios kimberleyensis Anilios leptosomus Anilios leucoproctus Anilios ligatus Anilios longissimus d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d r a a r a r r r r a r b r b r r b r r b r b r r b r r r nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc p p p p p a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a i i? i i i c c,i i i c i i i,c i i c,i i c c i,c i i c i c,i i i i 2 1 2 2 2 2 p 2 2(s1,s2,p) 2 s2? 2 2 2 2 p p 1 2 2(p,1,s2) 2 2(p,1,s1) 2 2 2 2 1 2 a p p p p a a a a a a a n/a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 3–4 3–5 3–5 4–5 4–5 2 2 2 2–3? 1 2–3 2 n/a n/a 3 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 n/a n/a 1–2? 2 2 3 3 2–3 2–3 0s 0s 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 26 26–28 30–36 29–34 32–36 18 20 18 22 24 22 20 20 20 18 20 22 20 24 18 18 22 18 22 16–18 20 24 16 p p p p p n/a n/a n/a n/a p a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a a n/a n/a a n/a n/a a n/a n/a a Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 5 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology Anilios margaretae Anilios micrommus Anilios minimus Anilios nema Anilios nigrescens Anilios nigroterminatus Anilios pilbarensis Anilios pinguis Anilios proximus Anilios robertsi Anilios silvia Anilios splendidus Anilios torresianus Anilios tovelli Anilios troglodytes Anilios unguirostris Anilios waitii Anilios wiedii Anilios yampiensis Anilios yirrikalae Asiatyphlops bothriorhynchus Asiatyphlops diardii Asiatyphlops fuscus Asiatyphlops giadinhensis Asiatyphlops klemmeri Asiatyphlops koshunensis Asiatyphlops leucomelas Asiatyphlops muelleri Asiatyphlops oatesii Asiatyphlops roxaneae Asiatyphlops siamensis Asiatyphlops tenuicollis Asiatyphlops trangensis Cyclotyphlops deharvengi Grypotyphlops acutus Indotyphlops ahsanai Indotyphlops albiceps Indotyphlops braminus Indotyphlops exiguus Indotyphlops iliformis Indotyphlops letcheri Indotyphlops hypsobothrius Indotyphlops jerdoni Indotyphlops khoratensis Indotyphlops lankaensis Indotyphlops lazelli Indotyphlops loveridgei Indotyphlops madgemintonae Indotyphlops malcolmi Indotyphlops meszoelyi Indotyphlops ozakiae Indotyphlops pammeces Indotyphlops porrectus Indotyphlops schmutzi Indotyphlops tenebrarum Indotyphlops veddae Indotyphlops violaceus Malayotyphlops canlaonensis Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 article d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d i d d,i d d d d d d d d i d d i d d d i n/a d d i d d d r r r r r b b b b r r b r r r b b r r r r r r r n/a n/a r r r r r r r r b r r r r r r r r n/a r r r r n/a r r n/a r r r r r n/a nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc c nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a i c i i i c i i i i i i i i c c,i i i c,i? i c i i i i n/a c i i i i i i c i,c i c,i? c c,i? i c i c c c i c,i? c,i? c i i n/a i,c c c c c i 6 ISSN 2333-2468 2 2 2 2 1 2 p 2 1 2 2 2 2,s1 p 2 1 2 2 p 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 s1 2 2 2 p 2 1 2 2 2 p p 2 s2? 2 2 2 2 p 2 2 2 2 p 2 a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a n/a a a a a a a n/a p p a a a a a a a a n/a a a a a n/a a n/a n/a a a a a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 2–3 4 2 n/a n/a 2 n/a 2 n/a 2 3 3 5 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 3 2 1 4(3,5) 1 1? 1 1? 1? 1 n/a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n/a n/a 1–2 1 1 1 n/a 2 18 18 16 16 22 18 22 20 20 22 20 20 22 20 22 24 20 20 18 24 22–24 24–28 24 22 23–24 20–23 22 24–30 24 20 22 22 24 22 24–34 18 20 20 18 20 20 20 22 20 20 18 18 2–3 n/a 3 n/a n/a 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 n/a 30 18 18 16 16 22 18 22 20 20 22 20 20 22 20 22 24 20 20 18 24 23 26 24 22 23.5 21.5 22 27 24 20 22 22 24 22 29 18 20 20 18 20 20 20 22 20 20 18 18 18 20 18 20 20 18 18–20 20 20 20 30 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a p n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a p n/a p n/a n/a a p p p a a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a a n/a a n/a a a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Malayotyphlops castanotus Malayotyphlops collaris Malayotyphlops hypogius Malayotyphlops koekkoeki Malayotyphlops kraali Malayotyphlops luzonensis Malayotyphlops manilae Malayotyphlops ruber Malayotyphlops ruicauda Ramphotyphlops acuticauda Ramphotyphlops adocetus Ramphotyphlops angusticeps Ramphotyphlops becki Ramphotyphlops conradi Ramphotyphlops cumingii Ramphotyphlops depressus Ramphotyphlops exocoeti Ramphotyphlops laviventer Ramphotyphlops hatmaliyeb Ramphotyphlops lineatus Ramphotyphlops lorenzi Ramphotyphlops mansuetus Ramphotyphlops marxi Ramphotyphlops melanocephalus Ramphotyphlops multilineatus Ramphotyphlops olivaceus Ramphotyphlops similis Ramphotyphlops suluensis Ramphotyphlops supranasalis Ramphotyphlops willeyi Sundatyphlops polygrammicus Xerotyphlops etheridgei Xerotyphlops socotranus Xerotyphlops vermicularis Xerotyphlops wilsoni d d d i d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d i d d d d d d d d d d d r r r r r r r r r r r b r r b r r r r r b b b b b b r b r b r r r r r nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a i i i i c c i i i c c c c c c c i i,c c i i c c i i c,i? i c i,c c i,c i i i i 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 s1 2 1 2 2 1,s1,2 2 2 2 2 a a a a a n/a p,a n/a a a a a? a a a a a a a a n/a a a a a a a a n/a a n/a a a a p 2 3 2 n/a 4 2 3 n/a 4 2 3 3 2 1 3 1–3? 2 2(3) 2–3 2 n/a 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 2–3 2 n/a 2 2 2 n/a 26–28 26–28 24 26 24–28 26 28 26 26–30 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 0 2–3 2–3 2–3 0 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 27 27 24 26 26 26 28 26 28 22–24 22 20 20 20 24–28 22–24 20 22 22 22–24 22 18 30 18 20 20–22 20 22 22 22 22 24 24 20–24 24 p p p n/a p n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a p n/a n/a n/a n/a p,a n/a a(p) a n/a n/a n/a p a n/a a(p) p a p,a n/a n/a p p n/a p MADATYPHLOPINAE Madatyphlops andasibensis Madatyphlops arenarius Madatyphlops boettgeri Madatyphlops decorsei Madatyphlops domerguei Madatyphlops madagascariensis Madatyphlops microcephalus Madatyphlops mucronatus Madatyphlops ocularis Madatyphlops rajeryi Madatyphlops reuteri d d d d d d d d d d d r r r r r r r r r r r nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc a a a a a a a a a a a i c,i? i i i i i i c i i 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 a a a a a a a a a a a 3(2) 2–3 2 2–3 1 2 2–3 2–4 2–3 2 2 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 n/a 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 26 20–24 20–22 26–28 22 24 20 24–28 20 24 20 p n/a n/a n/a n/a p n/a p,a a p n/a TYPHLOPINAE Amerotyphlops amoipira Amerotyphlops brongersmianus Amerotyphlops costaricensis Amerotyphlops lehneri Amerotyphlops microstomus Amerotyphlops minuisquamus Amerotyphlops paucisquamus Amerotyphlops reticulatus Amerotyphlops stadelmani d d d d i d i d i r r r r r r r r r nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc a a a a a a a a a i i c c c i i i c s1,2 2 2? 2 2 2 2 2 2 a a a a p a a a n/a 2 1 2 0–1? 2 1 1 1–4? n/a 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 18 20 20 20 18 16–18 18 20 18 a p a a a p a p a Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 7 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology Amerotyphlops tasymicris Amerotyphlops tenuis Amerotyphlops trinitatus Amerotyphlops tycherus Amerotyphlops yonenagae Antillotyphlops annae Antillotyphlops catapontus Antillotyphlops dominicanus Antillotyphlops geotomus Antillotyphlops granti Antillotyphlops guadeloupensis Antillotyphlops hypomethes Antillotyphlops monastus Antillotyphlops monensis Antillotyphlops naugus Antillotyphlops platycephalus Antillotyphlops richardi Cubatyphlops anchaurus Cubatyphlops anousius Cubatyphlops arator Cubatyphlops biminiensis Cubatyphlops caymanensis Cubatyphlops contorhinus Cubatyphlops epactius Cubatyphlops golyathi Cubatyphlops notorachius Cubatyphlops paradoxus Cubatyphlops perimychus Cubatyphlops satelles Typhlops agoralionis Typhlops capitulatus Typhlops eperopeus Typhlops gonavensis Typhlops hectus Typhlops jamaicensis Typhlops leptolepis Typhlops lumbricalis Typhlops oxyrhinus Typhlops pachyrhinus Typhlops proancylops Typhlops pusillus Typhlops rostellatus Typhlops schwartzi Typhlops silus Typhlops sulcatus Typhlops sylleptor Typhlops syntherus Typhlops tetrathyreus Typhlops titanops AFROTYPHLOPINAE Afrotyphlops angolensis Afrotyphlops anomalus Afrotyphlops bibronii Afrotyphlops blanfordii Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 article d i d i d d n/a d d d d d d d n/a d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d r r r r r r n/a r r r r r r a n/a r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r n/a r n/a r r r nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a c c c c i c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c,i c c c c c 1 2 s1 2 2 n/a 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 n/a n/a 2 2 2 2 n/a 2 n/a 2 n/a 2 n/a 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 a a a a a a n/a a n/a a a a a a n/a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a p a a a a a a a a 1 2–3 1 3–4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2(1) 2 2 2 n/a 2 1 1 1 1(2) 1(2) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2(1) 2 2 2(3) 2(1–3) 2 2(1–3) 2 2 2 2(1–3) 2(1) 1 2 1 2 1(2) 2 2 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 3–4? n/a 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 n/a 3 3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0s 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 20 18 20 22 18 20–22 20 22–24 20–22 16 24 20 20–22 20 18–20 20–22 20–22 22 22 24 22–-24 20 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 20 20 20 20 20–22 22 18–20 18–20 18–20 18–20 20 20–22 18–20 18–20 18–20 20 20 22 18–20 20 a a a a a p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p,a a p a(p) p p a p,a p a a p a p,a a(p) p p p p a p,a p p p a(p) a a p p 12a 12b 13a 13b 14a 15a 15b 16a 16b 350–578 365–431 363–453 343–424 464 398 408 384 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 660 540 484 343 26–60 29–37 31–42 29–41 43.0 33.0 36.5 35.0 58.8 47 70.5 n/a 58.8 47.0 70.5 n/a 8 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology Afrotyphlops brevis Afrotyphlops calabresii Afrotyphlops comorensis Afrotyphlops congestus Afrotyphlops cuneirostris Afrotyphlops decorosus Afrotyphlops elegans Afrotyphlops fornasinii Afrotyphlops gierrai Afrotyphlops jubanus Afrotyphlops kaimosae Afrotyphlops liberiensis Afrotyphlops lineolatus Afrotyphlops mucruso Afrotyphlops nanus Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus Afrotyphlops obtusus Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus Afrotyphlops punctatus Afrotyphlops rondoensis Afrotyphlops schlegelii Afrotyphlops schmidti Afrotyphlops steinhausi Afrotyphlops tanganicanus Afrotyphlops usambaricus Letheobia acutirostrata Letheobia angeli Letheobia caeca Letheobia coecata Letheobia crossii Letheobia debilis Letheobia episcopa Letheobia erythraea Letheobia feae Letheobia gracilis Letheobia graueri Letheobia kibarae Letheobia largeni Letheobia leucosticta Letheobia lumbriciformis Letheobia manni Letheobia newtoni Letheobia pallida Letheobia pauwelsi Letheobia pembana Letheobia praeocularis Letheobia rufescens Letheobia simonii Letheobia somalica Letheobia stejnegeri Letheobia sudanensis Letheobia swahilica Letheobia toritensis Letheobia uluguruensis Letheobia wittei Letheobia zenkeri Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 article 288–557 257–302 384–485 310–416 216–257 460–542 315–349 232–286 372–463 391–430 390 n/a 323–505 307–517 284–290 464–542 406–507 400–425 374–465 312–379 341–620 317–374 378–430 352–425 344–389 n/a n/a 417–561 282–334 459–513 547–668 544–581 443–462 407–480 608–737 454–622 562–623 432 336 465–607 480–508 446–557 418–429 483 353 493–544 585–656 403–488 555–656 488–548 569–660 376–392 427–487 379–416 501–511 250–281 443–531 423 280 435 363 237 501 332 259 418 411 390 n/a 414 412 287 503 457 413 420 346 481 346 404 389 367 n/a n/a 489 308 486 608 563 453 444 673 538 593 432 336 536 494 502 424 483 353 519 621 446 606 518 615 384 457 398 506 266 487 n/a 8–12 12–15 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 10–11 n/a 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 8–13 11 11–15 11 8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12 n/a 11 n/a n/a n/a 9–14 11–13 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 9 ISSN 2333-2468 n/a 10 13.5 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 10.5 n/a 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 10.5 11 13 11 8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12 n/a 11 n/a n/a n/a 11.5 12 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 765 189 245 765 158 510 420 185 469 510 215 n/a 640 950 125 573 380 273 660 370 804 605 620 390 605 n/a 332 425 165 310 480 318 250 330 550 450 525 274 230 450 360 400 265 310 158 340 520 239 670 465 520 190 268 245 310 135 455 17–47 18–37 42–61 19–29 21–40 45–66 38.2–57.4 28–45 32–58 44–57 43 n/a 21–47 21–58 23–27 38–51 46–95 50–60 26–33 33–45 19–46 22–49 41–45 29–47 27–31 n/a n/a n/a n/a 54–85 98–129 74–90 68–82 51–68 70–107 60–89 58–87 64–65 45–47 38–83 40 50–70 53–62 81.6 53 67 69–90 49–91 44–90 46–53 57–95 49–62 62–90 48–57 68 35–45 34–72 32.0 27.5 51.5 24.0 30.5 55.5 47.8 36.5 45.0 50.5 43.0 n/a 34.0 39.5 25.0 44.5 70.5 55.0 29.5 39.0 32.5 35.5 43.0 38.0 29.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 69.5 113.5 82.0 75.0 59.5 88.5 74.5 72.5 64.5 46.0 60.5 40.0 60.0 57.5 81.6 53.0 67.0 79.5 70.0 67.0 49.5 76.0 55.5 76.0 52.5 68.0 40.0 53.0 n/a n/a 33.3–50 44.3 58.4 94.3 52 37.1 n/a n/a 53.8 n/a 40 49–79 41.7–47.6 62.9 151.5 n/a n/a 57–78 45.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 76 73.5 55.6–100 125.8–136 61.4–111 58.8 66.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 68.6 52.6–71.4 n/a 62.5 n/a n/a n/a 45.5–100 71.4–143 83.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 41.7 44.3 58.4 94.3 52.0 37.1 n/a n/a 53.8 n/a 40.0 64.0 44.7 62.9 151.5 n/a n/a 67.5 45.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 76.0 73.5 77.8 130.8 86.3 58.8 66.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 68.6 62.0 n/a 62.5 n/a n/a n/a 72.8 107.2 83.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Rhinotyphlops boylei Rhinotyphlops lalandei Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus Rhinotyphlops schinzi Rhinotyphlops scortecci Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus 344–379 334–467 369 413–538 311–405 467–586 362 401 369 476 358 527 n/a n/a n/a 14–15 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 14.5 n/a n/a 223 355 220 293 280 435 33–53 31–63 43 34–64 27–73 38–77 43.0 47.0 43.0 49.0 50.0 57.5 60.7 n/a 70.7 50.2 n/a 78.5 60.7 n/a 70.7 50.2 n/a 78.5 ASIATYPHLOPINAE Acutotyphlops banaorum Acutotyphlops infralabialis Acutotyphlops kunuaensis Acutotyphlops solomonis Acutotyphlops subocularis Anilios ainis Anilios ammodytes Anilios aspinus Anilios australis Anilios batillus Anilios bicolor Anilios bituberculatus Anilios broomi Anilios centralis Anilios chamodracaena Anilios diversus Anilios endoterus Anilios erycinus Anilios ganei Anilios grypus Anilios guentheri Anilios hamatus Anilios howi Anilios kimberleyensis Anilios leptosomus Anilios leucoproctus Anilios ligatus Anilios longissimus Anilios margaretae Anilios micrommus Anilios minimus Anilios nema Anilios nigrescens Anilios nigroterminatus Anilios pilbarensis Anilios pinguis Anilios proximus Anilios robertsi Anilios silvia Anilios splendidus Anilios torresianus Anilios tovelli Anilios troglodytes Anilios unguirostris Anilios waitii Anilios wiedii Anilios yampiensis Anilios yirrikalae Asiatyphlops bothriorhynchus Asiatyphlops diardii 352–361 418–526 360–542 334–424 363–472 278–357 397–432 413–444 305–401 557 300–380 425–503 456–460 417–502 478–539 397–475 415–454 315–335 430–448 538–713 535–595 330–396 450 500–524 660–665 386–426 346–452 750 571–571 493–493 457 529–603 n/a n/a 363–425 289–350 n/a 568 286–341 377 365 n/a 655–655 279–506 548–693 n/a 491 n/a 300–330 260–303 357 472 451 379 418 318 415 429 353 557 340 464 458 460 509 436 435 325 439 626 565 363 450 512 663 406 399 750 571 493 457 566 n/a n/a 394 320 n/a 568 314 377 365 n/a 655 393 621 n/a 491 n/a 315 282 16–19 14–28 11–31 18–30 14–28 n/a 10-16 10-16 10-18 n/a 12 11-18 15-16 12-20 14-16 8-18 9-16 16-23 12-19 13-36 10-15 12-18 16 12-20 16-25 14-17 11-17 15 12 15 9-17 9-14 n/a n/a 15-22 12-19 n/a 12 17-21 13 19 n/a 14 11-16 13-26 10 11 n/a 10 7–8 17.5 21 21 24 21 n/a 13 13 14 n/a 12 14.5 15.5 16 15 13 12.5 19.5 15.5 24.5 12.5 15 16 16 20.5 15.5 14 15 12 15 13 11.5 n/a n/a 18.5 15.5 n/a 12 19 13 19 n/a 14 13.5 19.5 10 11 n/a 10 7.5 333 372 373 487 394 220 252 281 500 320 275 450 250 306 210 352 400 350 340 450 400 386 210 296 400 250 500 268 306 205 200 268 750 275 371 550 750 290 175 509 400 122 402 700 614 300 128 200 180 430 32.1–51.2 33.4–57.4 22.4–57.6 18.2–42.8 23.2–43.8 45–60 57.5 63.6–75.8 24–50 53 34.4 40–90 30–60 60–69 n/a 40–70 40–60 27.1–44 36.2–46.9 63–122 40–90 28.7–58.7 n/a n/a 70–88 40–65 20–40 134 n/a n/a 51.5–70.4 57.1–92.6 30–60 55–102 42.3–57.9 20–30 20–40 67.4 n/a 46.3 34–43 36–40 n/a 38–70 57–80 30–80 n/a 60–70 30 30.2 41.7 45.0 40.0 30.5 33.5 52.5 57.5 69.7 37.0 53.0 34.0 65.0 45.0 64.5 n/a 55.0 50.0 35.6 41.6 92.5 65.0 43.7 n/a n/a 79.0 52.5 30.0 134.0 n/a n/a 61.0 74.9 45.0 78.5 50.0 25.0 30.0 67.0 n/a 46.0 38.5 38.0 n/a 54.0 68.5 55.0 n/a 65.0 30.0 30.0 25–27.8 18.9–100 21.1 13–34.5 15.9–33.3 n/a 19.6–62.5 42.8 22–41.7 45.7 22–45.8 30.3–66.7 n/a 32.3–66.7 33.3–100 28.6–71.4 34.5–66.7 35 33.9–64.2 22.7–90.9 54.6 24.4–58.8 34.5 45.5–58.8 26.3–66.7 42.2–51.3 18.1–37 111.8 90.9 41.7 n/a n/a 45 54 26.3–42.2 17.5–38.5 50.6 61.6 20–50 46.3 15–51.5 29.2–34.9 76.9 37–83.3 32.3–100 61.3 55.6 n/a n/a 73 26.4 59.5 21.1 23.8 24.6 n/a 41.1 42.8 31.9 45.7 33.9 48.5 n/a 49.5 66.7 50.0 50.6 35.0 49.1 56.8 54.6 41.6 34.5 52.2 46.5 46.8 27.6 111.8 90.9 41.7 n/a n/a 45.0 54.0 34.3 28.0 50.6 61.6 35.0 46.3 33.3 32.1 76.9 60.2 66.2 61.3 55.6 n/a n/a 73.0 Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 10 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology Asiatyphlops fuscus Asiatyphlops giadinhensis Asiatyphlops klemmeri Asiatyphlops koshunensis Asiatyphlops leucomelas Asiatyphlops muelleri Asiatyphlops oatesii Asiatyphlops roxaneae Asiatyphlops siamensis Asiatyphlops tenuicollis Asiatyphlops trangensis Cyclotyphlops deharvengi Grypotyphlops acutus Indotyphlops ahsanai Indotyphlops albiceps Indotyphlops braminus Indotyphlops exiguus Indotyphlops iliformis Indotyphlops letcheri Indotyphlops hypsobothrius Indotyphlops jerdoni Indotyphlops khoratensis Indotyphlops lankaensis Indotyphlops lazelli Indotyphlops loveridgei Indotyphlops madgemintonae Indotyphlops malcolmi Indotyphlops meszoelyi Indotyphlops ozakiae Indotyphlops pammeces Indotyphlops porrectus Indotyphlops schmutzi Indotyphlops tenebrarum Indotyphlops veddae Indotyphlops violaceus Malayotyphlops canlaonensis Malayotyphlops castanotus Malayotyphlops collaris Malayotyphlops hypogius Malayotyphlops koekkoeki Malayotyphlops kraali Malayotyphlops luzonensis Malayotyphlops manilae Malayotyphlops ruber Malayotyphlops ruicauda Ramphotyphlops acuticauda Ramphotyphlops adocetus Ramphotyphlops angusticeps Ramphotyphlops becki Ramphotyphlops conradi Ramphotyphlops cumingii Ramphotyphlops depressus Ramphotyphlops exocoeti Ramphotyphlops laviventer Ramphotyphlops hatmaliyeb Ramphotyphlops lineatus Ramphotyphlops lorenzi Ramphotyphlops mansuetus Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 article n/a 316–340 291–292 246 260–325 384–439 n/a 329 368 480–520 370 294 448–526 341 317 261–368 348 380–389 n/a n/a 260–313 315–331 229–261 409–427 430 336–364 262–282 414–421 n/a 366–400 388–468 403–413 298–326 295–309 245–308 n/a 300–339 412–461 323 n/a 337–386 348 n/a 360 420 n/a 447–474 617–653 206–241 398 n/a 289–438 n/a 264–398 452–472 438 n/a 357 n/a 328 292 246 293 412 n/a 329 368 500 370 294 487 341 317 315 348 385 n/a n/a 287 323 245 418 430 350 272 418 n/a 383 428 408 312 302 277 n/a 320 437 323 n/a 362 348 n/a 360 420 n/a 461 635 224 398 n/a 364 n/a 331 462 438 n/a 357 n/a 7–10 n/a 26 n/a 8–13 n/a 5 9 12 11 n/a 7–13 7 12 8–15 12 8 n/a n/a n/a n/a 11–15 10 11 8–10 9–11 9–10 n/a 11 7–12 9–12 12–14 13–14 13 n/a 10–14 9–13 10 n/a 12 10 < 15 < 15 n/a 32 23–27 8–15 11 n/a 13–25 n/a 13–21 21 n/a n/a 16 11 ISSN 2333-2468 n/a 8.5 n/a 26 n/a 10.5 n/a 5 9 12 11 n/a 10 7 12 11.5 12 8 n/a n/a n/a n/a 13 10 11 9 10 9.5 n/a 11 9.5 10.5 13 13.5 13 n/a 12 11 10 n/a 12 10 12 14 14 n/a 32 25 11.5 11 n/a 19 n/a 17 21 n/a n/a 16 214 238 151 290 130 355 203 231 216 365 155 146 630 170 194 203 196 135 149 285 280 128 130 158 208 200 107 179 n/a 140 285 140 112 91 111 122 253 255 176 445 295 260 280 225 250 123 390 455 117 175 365 315 350 383 416 480 337 150 n/a 26 28 39–48 32 32 31–33 38.5 33 64–70 30 35.1 30–66 68 39–64 30–66 60–78 60 40–45 52–71 35–46 28–43.7 29.1–33.3 77–83.2 83 62–130 31 53.8–71.4 n/a 55–75 50–90 62.5–93 43.3–44.8 60 31 34.1 32 41 39.1 40.4 38.5–42 58 56 36–37 31–55 52 38.1 65–87.5 24.3 58.3–59.8 48–52 30.8–76.3 58–66 34.8–60.4 41.4 40–60 56 50 n/a 26.0 28.0 43.5 32.0 32.0 32.0 38.5 33.0 67.0 30.0 35.0 48.0 68.0 51.5 48.0 69.0 60.0 42.5 61.5 40.5 35.9 31.0 80.0 83.0 96.0 31.0 62.6 n/a 65.0 70.0 77.8 445.0 60.0 31.0 34.0 32.0 41.0 39.0 40.0 405.0 58.0 56.0 36.5 43.0 52.0 38.0 76.0 24.0 595.0 50.0 53.6 62.0 47.6 41.0 50.0 56.0 50.0 42–42.8 43.5–47.6 60.4 41.7–100 n/a 88.8 n/a 76.9 n/a 77.7 55 32.3 16.9–133 68 n/a 34.5–50 33.8–66.7 58.7 n/a n/a 30 34.1–53.5 22.3–39.7 55.6 52.6–59.4 43–76 23.8–36.8 45.5–50 34.8 n/a 43.5–71.4 n/a 36.1–55.5 32.9 44.4 48.8 27.8–50 50–71.4 44 62.6 n/a n/a 56 n/a n/a 30.8 18.3–30.3 35 23.4 70 n/a 26.1 38.3–43.8 26.3–27.8 22.6–34.5 n/a n/a 30 42.4 45.6 60.4 70.9 n/a 88.8 n/a 76.9 n/a 77.7 55.0 32.3 75.1 68.0 n/a 42.3 50.3 58.7 n/a n/a 30.0 43.8 31.0 55.6 56.0 59.5 30.3 47.8 34.8 n/a 57.5 n/a 45.8 32.9 44.4 48.8 38.9 60.7 44.0 62.6 n/a n/a 56.0 n/a n/a 30.8 24.3 35.0 23.4 70.0 n/a 26.1 41.1 27.1 28.6 n/a n/a 30.0 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Ramphotyphlops marxi Ramphotyphlops melanocephalus Ramphotyphlops multilineatus Ramphotyphlops olivaceus Ramphotyphlops similis Ramphotyphlops suluensis Ramphotyphlops supranasalis Ramphotyphlops willeyi Sundatyphlops polygrammicus Xerotyphlops etheridgei Xerotyphlops socotranus Xerotyphlops vermicularis Xerotyphlops wilsoni 525 524 513–586 441–544 234–235 n/a 340–346 369–375 496 424 435 206 n/a 525 524 550 493 235 n/a 343 372 496 424 435 206 n/a 36 20 20–22 24–31 9–12 n/a 16–18 11–15 16 10 n/a 16 n/a 36 20 21 27.5 10.5 n/a 17 13 16 10 n/a 16 n/a 180 183 427 425 235 340 301 195 395 220 255 350 343 45 91.5 46.7–60 42.4–58.3 18.1–27.4 46 45.4–52.6 32–56.7 33–66 55 37–50 40–52 38 45.0 91.5 535.0 505.0 22.8 46.0 49.0 445.0 49.5 55.0 43.5 46.0 38.0 16.9 36.6 31.1–39 n/a 25.7–35.6 26 22.9–31.1 n/a 15–51.5 87.7 n/a n/a n/a 16.9 36.6 35.1 n/a 30.7 26.0 27.0 n/a 33.3 87.7 n/a n/a n/a MADATYPHLOPINAE Madatyphlops andasibensis Madatyphlops arenarius Madatyphlops boettgeri Madatyphlops decorsei Madatyphlops domerguei Madatyphlops madagascariensis Madatyphlops microcephalus Madatyphlops mucronatus Madatyphlops ocularis Madatyphlops rajeryi Madatyphlops reuteri 373–381 375–465 349–436 421–600 252–262 580 310–365 488–577 523–579 412 345–359 377 420 393 511 257 580 338 533 551 412 352 8–11 7–11 7–12 9–13 6–7 15 8–11 13–18 16–18 12 8–9 9.5 9 9.5 11 6.5 15 9.5 15.5 17 12 8.5 340 220 226 600 176 410 235 418 404 272 222 27.2–28.1 45–85 36–58 28–57 34–39 46 34–51 42–64 55–67 36.8 38–49 27.7 65.0 47.0 42.5 36.5 46.0 42.5 53.0 61.0 36.8 43.5 34.5–52.6 50–111 62.5–125 40–71.4 43.5–55.6 46–51.3 35.7–62.5 33.3–58.8 37–43.5 36.7 38–55.6 43.6 80.6 93.8 55.7 49.6 48.7 49.1 46.1 40.3 36.7 46.8 TYPHLOPINAE Amerotyphlops amoipira Amerotyphlops brongersmianus Amerotyphlops costaricensis Amerotyphlops lehneri Amerotyphlops microstomus Amerotyphlops minuisquamus Amerotyphlops paucisquamus Amerotyphlops reticulatus Amerotyphlops stadelmani Amerotyphlops tasymicris Amerotyphlops tenuis Amerotyphlops trinitatus Amerotyphlops tycherus Amerotyphlops yonenagae Antillotyphlops annae Antillotyphlops catapontus Antillotyphlops dominicanus Antillotyphlops geotomus Antillotyphlops granti Antillotyphlops guadeloupensis Antillotyphlops hypomethes Antillotyphlops monastus Antillotyphlops monensis Antillotyphlops naugus Antillotyphlops platycephalus Antillotyphlops richardi Cubatyphlops anchaurus Cubatyphlops anousius Cubatyphlops arator Cubatyphlops biminiensis Cubatyphlops caymanensis 212–242 204 390–413 289–337 487–556 219–253 170–190 223–301 341–369 429 347–441 388–389 395 259–269 400–405 376–409 434–499 329–367 370–386 393–430 363–407 351–394 299–345 345–390 350–365 300–369 514 465–513 578–579 454–537 351–408 227 204 402 313 522 236 180 262 355 429 394 389 395 264 403 393 467 348 378 412 385 373 322 368 358 335 514 489 579 496 380 7–12 12 7 n/a n/a 6–11 8–11 7–15 n/a n/a 7–11 10 8 9–10 14 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 11 12 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 9.5 12 7 n/a n/a 8.5 9.5 11 n/a n/a 9 10 8 9.5 14 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 11 12 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 208 325 369 185 366 361 158 522 310 181 326 240 371 101 110 265 360 213 154 162 270 258 203 243 302 258 240 197 460 380 260 22.8–27.7 24 36.4–44.4 31–58 50–77 20.4–33.7 16.4–21.8 22–30 37–70 48 34–74 50 40.8 25.3–27.4 57.9 n/a 40–50 43.6 54–70 36.8 41–56 39.1 40 n/a 45 50 63 45–55 51–55 39–58 36–45 255.0 24.0 40.0 44.5 63.5 275.0 19.0 26.0 53.5 48.0 54.0 50.0 40.8 265.0 57.9 n/a 45.0 43.6 62.0 36.8 48.5 39.0 40.0 n/a 45.0 50.0 63.0 50.0 53.0 48.5 40.5 36.5–70.7 30.6 57.8–78.1 71.9–125 73.5–270 31.3–52.6 26.6 23.3–62.5 43.9–100 70 42.2–91.7 76.9 66.2 48–50.5 61.1 37.9 n/a 39.2 59.2 46.3 35–47 30.7–43 60.7 30.4 39 35.7–39.7 48 55–56 46–48 42–76 29–35 53.6 30.6 68.0 98.5 171.9 42.0 26.6 42.9 72.0 70.0 67.0 76.9 66.2 49.3 61.1 37.9 n/a 39.2 59.2 46.3 41.0 36.9 60.7 30.4 39.0 37.7 48.0 55.5 47.0 59.0 32 Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 12 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology Cubatyphlops contorhinus Cubatyphlops epactius Cubatyphlops golyathi Cubatyphlops notorachius Cubatyphlops paradoxus Cubatyphlops perimychus Cubatyphlops satelles Typhlops agoralionis Typhlops capitulatus Typhlops eperopeus Typhlops gonavensis Typhlops hectus Typhlops jamaicensis Typhlops leptolepis Typhlops lumbricalis Typhlops oxyrhinus Typhlops pachyrhinus Typhlops proancylops Typhlops pusillus Typhlops rostellatus Typhlops schwartzi Typhlops silus Typhlops sulcatus Typhlops sylleptor Typhlops syntherus Typhlops tetrathyreus Typhlops titanops AFROTYPHLOPINAE Afrotyphlops angolensis Afrotyphlops anomalus Afrotyphlops bibronii Afrotyphlops blanfordii Afrotyphlops brevis Afrotyphlops calabresii Afrotyphlops comorensis Afrotyphlops congestus Afrotyphlops cuneirostris Afrotyphlops decorosus Afrotyphlops elegans Afrotyphlops fornasinii Afrotyphlops gierrai Afrotyphlops jubanus Afrotyphlops kaimosae Afrotyphlops liberiensis Afrotyphlops lineolatus Afrotyphlops mucruso Afrotyphlops nanus Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus Afrotyphlops obtusus Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus Afrotyphlops punctatus Afrotyphlops rondoensis Afrotyphlops schlegelii Afrotyphlops schmidti Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 article 502 473–505 629 475–529 455–472 453–496 514–527 291–310 358–457 305–329 399–455 284–328 373–436 250–308 256–271 265–297 243–257 283–312 245–332 314–358 237–282 254–261 371–447 305–324 299–353 246–294 231–264 502 489 629 502 464 475 521 301 408 317 427 306 405 279 264 281 250 298 289 336 260 258 409 315 326 270 248 n/a n/a 22 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 11–15 12–13 10–16 11–14 n/a 15–19 13 n/a n/a n/a n/a 8–14 n/a n/a n/a n/a 22 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 13 12.5 13 12.5 n/a 17 13 n/a n/a n/a n/a 11 n/a n/a 316 247 371 301 245 280 350 193 267 281 220 230 445 211 166 257 219 243 226 222 326 126 319 214 209 273 216 63 53–59 58 45–57 n/a 41–59 62–75 31–39 46–57 29–39 46–57 31–46 27–44 29.6–43.7 28–32.6 26.8–46.6 28.4–33 31–46 27–37 32–52 23–38 30–34 37–44 33–34 25–36 25–38 25–30 63.0 56.0 58.0 51.0 n/a 50.0 68.5 35.0 51.5 34.0 51.5 38.5 35.5 36.7 30.0 36.7 30.7 38.5 32.0 42.0 30.5 32.0 40.5 33.5 30.5 31.5 27.5 17 18 19 gy,dk-gy bn,ol-bn yl-bn,or-bn,dk-bn,bk ol-gy gn-bn,gy-bn,gd-bn rd-bn dk-bn,rd-bn bn-bk,yl rd-bn oc-yl or-yl dk-gy,bk pl-bn,bl-gy bn,dk-bn bk,dk-bn n/a yl,bk bk pl-yl,cr-yl bk,bl-bk,wt,yl bn,dr-bn,bk rd-yl bn,pu,gy,yl,dk-bn bl-gy,bk bk dk-bn,bk yl yl oc-yl,bn,dk-bn,bk pl yl,pl wt n/a yl wt oc-yl or-yl dk-gy,bk yl-cr pl pl n/a yl,pl wt pl-yl,cr-yl wt,yl yl,pl-bn,wt pl-rd-yl dk-bn,gy,pl,yl wt,yl pl pl 1 1 0,1 1 1 1 n/a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n/a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1(0) 1 13 ISSN 2333-2468 53 40.3–47.5 33.7 48–75 47–49 46–85 55–61 27–31 29–46 27–31 38–88 20–44 n/a 18–37 30.8–48 19.8–37.5 30.1–31.3 20–31 23–39 33–66.7 22–41 56.7–63 36–60 27–43 27–51 23–47 21–34 53.0 43.9 33.7 61.5 48.0 65.5 58.0 29.0 37.5 29.0 63.0 32.0 n/a 27.5 39.4 28.7 30.7 25.5 31.0 49.9 31.5 59.9 48.0 35.0 39.0 35.0 27.5 20 rt n/a pl-dl vl dl(juv) 8–12 dk-dl n/a bk-bl 8 dk-dl 8–10 dk-dl bk-dl yl-bl (ven) n/a n/a n/a n/a bn-dl,bl(ven) dl,bl dk-dl bk-bl wt-dl n/a yl-bk-bl-sp dl bl,dk-vl dl,sp www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Afrotyphlops steinhausi Afrotyphlops tanganicanus Afrotyphlops usambaricus Letheobia acutirostrata Letheobia angeli Letheobia caeca Letheobia coecata Letheobia crossii Letheobia debilis Letheobia episcopa Letheobia erythraea Letheobia feae Letheobia gracilis Letheobia graueri Letheobia kibarae Letheobia largeni Letheobia leucosticta Letheobia lumbriciformis Letheobia manni Letheobia newtoni Letheobia pallida Letheobia pauwelsi Letheobia pembana Letheobia praeocularis Letheobia rufescens Letheobia simonii Letheobia somalica Letheobia stejnegeri Letheobia sudanensis Letheobia swahilica Letheobia toritensis Letheobia uluguruensis Letheobia wittei Letheobia zenkeri Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus Rhinotyphlops boylei Rhinotyphlops lalandei Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus Rhinotyphlops schinzi Rhinotyphlops scortecci Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus dk-bn yl,bn yl n/a n/a pl-bn,pl bn pl pk-tn yl-cr yl-wt pl pl pl pk wt,cr-wt dk-bn pl gy yl-wt pl bg pl bn-gy pl-rd,pl yl-pl,pl ol,pl yl-wt pl-yl-bn,pl pl pl pl pl pl bk,yl-bn,gn-bn ol-bn oc-yl,pl-bn,bn,gy,gy-bn gy yl,rd,pk,bk dk-bn,bk bk,dk-bn pl-yl,pl yl-bn yl n/a n/a pl-bn,pl pl-bn pl pk-tn yl-cr yl-wt pl pl pl pl-pk cr-wt wt pl yl-gy yl-wt pl cr,pl pl pl-bn-gy pl-rd,pl yl-pl,pl pl-ol,pl yl-wt pl-yl-bn,pl pl pl pl pl pl bk,yl-bn,gn-bn yl yl,pl,wt wt pl dk-bn,bk bn-yl 1 0 1 n/a n/a 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 n/a 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0,1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ASIATYPHLOPINAE Acutotyphlops banaorum Acutotyphlops infralabialis Acutotyphlops kunuaensis Acutotyphlops solomonis Acutotyphlops subocularis Anilios ainis Anilios ammodytes Anilios aspinus Anilios australis Anilios batillus Anilios bicolor Anilios bituberculatus Anilios broomi Anilios centralis Anilios chamodracaena gd-or,pl-or,or-bn,bn bn,dk bn,dk bn,dk bn,dk ol-bn,dk-bn pl-gy-bn,pk-pu pl-pk-tn pl,pl-yl,rd-bn,gy-bn or-bn bn,pu-bn,dk-bn,gy-bn bn-um,dk-pu-bn pl,pl-bn pu-bn yl-cr gd,bn-or yl pl-yl gd yl pl-yl,pl-yl-cr,pk-wt pl-gy-bn,pk-pu pl-pk-tn cr,wt pl-or-bn gn-wt,yl-wt,cr,wt wt wt pl yl-cr,wt 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 14 ISSN 2333-2468 yl-br n/a bk-bl n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a wt-sp n/a bk-sp(ven) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a dl n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a or-yl-dl(head) n/a n/a bk-dl dk-sp-br yl-dl yl-dl bk-sp-br dk-dl yl-nk n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a dl n/a n/a 11 bn-dl n/a n/a www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology Anilios diversus Anilios endoterus Anilios erycinus Anilios ganei Anilios grypus Anilios guentheri Anilios hamatus Anilios howi Anilios kimberleyensis Anilios leptosomus Anilios leucoproctus Anilios ligatus Anilios longissimus Anilios margaretae Anilios micrommus Anilios minimus Anilios nema Anilios nigrescens Anilios nigroterminatus Anilios pilbarensis Anilios pinguis Anilios proximus Anilios robertsi Anilios silvia Anilios splendidus Anilios torresianus Anilios tovelli Anilios troglodytes Anilios unguirostris Anilios waitii Anilios wiedii Anilios yampiensis Anilios yirrikalae Asiatyphlops bothriorhynchus Asiatyphlops diardii Asiatyphlops fuscus Asiatyphlops giadinhensis Asiatyphlops klemmeri Asiatyphlops koshunensis Asiatyphlops leucomelas Asiatyphlops muelleri Asiatyphlops oatesii Asiatyphlops roxaneae Asiatyphlops siamensis Asiatyphlops tenuicollis Asiatyphlops trangensis Cyclotyphlops deharvengi Grypotyphlops acutus Indotyphlops ahsanai Indotyphlops albiceps Indotyphlops braminus Indotyphlops exiguus Indotyphlops iliformis Indotyphlops letcheri Indotyphlops hypsobothrius Indotyphlops jerdoni Indotyphlops khoratensis Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 article bn,bk-bn,pu-bn bn,dk-pu-bn,rd-bn bn-gy,bn gy-bn bn,pk-bn,bn-cr rd-bn,pu-bn bn-bk,pu-bn dk-bn dk pl-gy-bn,pu-bn bn,dk-bn,dk-tn bn,dk-bn,dk-pu-bn pl pk,pu-gy n/a yl-bn pl-yl-bn,gy-bn bk,pu-pk-bn pl-bn pl-pu-bn bn-yl,dk-bn bn-ol,gy-bn dk-pu-bn pu-bk,cm gy dk-bn,ol bn bn ol-bn,dk-ol-bn pl-bn,dk-pu-bn rd-bn,bk-bn bn bn,yl bn-ol,bn ol-bn,bn,bk dk-bn,bn gd-bn bn n/a bk-bn,bk bk yl,bn gd-bn gy-ol ol-bn bl dk-bn or-gy,bn,gd-bn dk-bn bn,pl-bn dk-gy,bn,bk pl-yl dk-rd-bn dk-pu-bn pl-bn pl-bn,bn,bk gy 15 ISSN 2333-2468 wt,pl-pu-bn wt,cr yl pl gy-wt pl-rd-bn,pl-pu-bn wt,cr bn pl gy-wt,pl-pu-bn dk-bn yl-wt,wt pl pl-gy n/a yl-bn pl-yl-bn,pl-gy-bn cr,pk pl-bn,yl cm pl-bn-yl,wt yl cr cr,cr-yl wt wt,yl wt pl yl,wt yl,wt yl,cr-wt pl-bn wt,yl bn-ol,pl-bn bn,yl,pl-bn dk-bn yl pl-yl-bn n/a wt cr-wt yl-bn yl-tn yl yl cr-wt bn gy-wt,yl,pl-bn n/a cr-wt pl-gy,pl-bn wt rd-bn pu-bn wt pl-bn gy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 n/a 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 n/a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n/a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a dk-dl n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 11 dk-dl n/a n/a dl n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a vl n/a n/a n/a dk-dl-sp n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a dl n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Indotyphlops lankaensis Indotyphlops lazelli Indotyphlops loveridgei Indotyphlops madgemintonae Indotyphlops malcolmi Indotyphlops meszoelyi Indotyphlops ozakiae Indotyphlops pammeces Indotyphlops porrectus Indotyphlops schmutzi Indotyphlops tenebrarum Indotyphlops veddae Indotyphlops violaceus Malayotyphlops canlaonensis Malayotyphlops castanotus Malayotyphlops collaris Malayotyphlops hypogius Malayotyphlops koekkoeki Malayotyphlops kraali Malayotyphlops luzonensis Malayotyphlops manilae Malayotyphlops ruber Malayotyphlops ruicauda Ramphotyphlops acuticauda Ramphotyphlops adocetus Ramphotyphlops angusticeps Ramphotyphlops becki Ramphotyphlops conradi Ramphotyphlops cumingii Ramphotyphlops depressus Ramphotyphlops exocoeti Ramphotyphlops laviventer Ramphotyphlops hatmaliyeb Ramphotyphlops lineatus Ramphotyphlops lorenzi Ramphotyphlops mansuetus Ramphotyphlops marxi Ramphotyphlops melanocephalus Ramphotyphlops multilineatus Ramphotyphlops olivaceus Ramphotyphlops similis Ramphotyphlops suluensis Ramphotyphlops supranasalis Ramphotyphlops willeyi Sundatyphlops polygrammicus Xerotyphlops etheridgei Xerotyphlops socotranus Xerotyphlops vermicularis Xerotyphlops wilsoni pl-bn pl-bn pl-bn dk-bn,yl-bn bn bn n/a n/a bn,bk pk-bn bn pu-gy pu gn-bk dk-bn pl-bn pl-gy-bn gy-bn bk,bk-bn rd-ol-bn rd-bn rd-bn bk,rd-bn bn dk-bn bn rd-bn,dk-pu-bn pl-bn pl-ol,bk-gy,ol-bn bn pl-bn dk-bn,bk,dk-pu dk-bn yl,pl-bn,bk pl-gy-gn bn pl-bn bk-bn bn-gy,gy,bn dk-ol,pl-ol-bn bn,dk-bn dk-gy dk-bn,dk-pu,bk ol-bn,bn dk-bn,ol,ol-gy,pl-yl pl-bn wt bn,yl-bn,pk-bn,pu-bn bn pl-bn wt pl-bn pl-bn,yl pl pl-bn n/a n/a pl-bn pk-bn pk-bn pu-gy pu pk-yl cr,pl pl pl-yl pl-gy-bn yl yl-bn yl-wt rd-bn rd,yl yl pl yl pl-bn pl-bn pl,yl yl,gd pl-bn yl pl yl-wt pl-gy-gn bn yl-cr pl br-gy,gy,bn yl,pl-ol-bn yl pl-gy yl yl,pl-bn wt,wt-pk,pl-yl pl-yl-wt,bg wt bn,yl-bn,pk-bn,pu-bn bn 1 1 1 1 1 1 n/a n/a 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n/a 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1(0) 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a dk-nk n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a pl-nk dk-dl n/a yl-sp(ven) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a dl n/a n/a yl-bn-dl n/a n/a n/a n/a yl-bn-dl dl n/a rt n/a n/a dl,vl,un n/a pl-bn-dl n/a n/a MADATYPHLOPINAE Madatyphlops andasibensis Madatyphlops arenarius Madatyphlops boettgeri Madatyphlops decorsei Madatyphlops domerguei Madatyphlops madagascariensis Madatyphlops microcephalus bn pk-wt,pl pl dk-gy pl-br bk-bn,bn bk bn pk-wt,pl pl,bg gy-wt pl-bn bk-bn bk 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 yl-nk,yl-sp n/a n/a n/a n/a pl-dl yl-dl Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 16 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology Madatyphlops mucronatus Madatyphlops ocularis Madatyphlops rajeryi Madatyphlops reuteri TYPHLOPINAE Amerotyphlops amoipira Amerotyphlops brongersmianus Amerotyphlops costaricensis Amerotyphlops lehneri Amerotyphlops microstomus Amerotyphlops minuisquamus Amerotyphlops paucisquamus Amerotyphlops reticulatus Amerotyphlops stadelmani Amerotyphlops tasymicris Amerotyphlops tenuis Amerotyphlops trinitatus Amerotyphlops tycherus Amerotyphlops yonenagae Antillotyphlops annae Antillotyphlops catapontus Antillotyphlops dominicanus Antillotyphlops geotomus Antillotyphlops granti Antillotyphlops guadeloupensis Antillotyphlops hypomethes Antillotyphlops monastus Antillotyphlops monensis Antillotyphlops naugus Antillotyphlops platycephalus Antillotyphlops richardi Cubatyphlops anchaurus Cubatyphlops anousius Cubatyphlops arator Cubatyphlops biminiensis Cubatyphlops caymanensis Cubatyphlops contorhinus Cubatyphlops epactius Cubatyphlops golyathi Cubatyphlops notorachius Cubatyphlops paradoxus Cubatyphlops perimychus Cubatyphlops satelles Typhlops agoralionis Typhlops capitulatus Typhlops eperopeus Typhlops gonavensis Typhlops hectus Typhlops jamaicensis Typhlops leptolepis Typhlops lumbricalis Typhlops oxyrhinus Typhlops pachyrhinus Typhlops proancylops Typhlops pusillus Typhlops rostellatus Typhlops schwartzi Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 article gy-bn,ol,bn pl-bn-gy,bn yl,gb gy,gy-bl,bn gy-bn,ol pl-bn-gy yl,bg pl-gy,pl-gy-bl 1 1 1 1 cr-bn pl-bn bn pl-bn,yl pl,pk-wt,yl-ol bn,bk-bn,yl-bn n/a bn,dk-bn,bk pl-yl bn bn,pl-bn,yl yl bn-gy cr pk-gy-bg gy-bn bk-bn gy-bn yl,pl-bn pl-bn pl-gy-bn gy-bn bn,pl-bn dk-bn rd-bn,dk-bn pl-bn pl pl pl-bn bn,pl-bn bn bn pl-gy-bn,pl-rd,gy-bn dk-bn pl-bn dk-bn bn,dk-bn pl-bn pl-bn bn,pl-bn,dk-rd-bn bn,pl-tn,dk-bn dk-pu-bn,dk-rd-bn pl-gy,bn,pl-bn,tn bn,dk-bn,pl-bn,gy-bn dk-um,dk-bn dk-bn pl-bn dk-bn n/a bn,pl-bn,dk-bn dk-bn dk-bn cr-bn pl-tn pl gy,yl pl,pk,wt pl pl pl-yl,yl,wt,pl pl-yl pl wt,yl yl pl-yl-gy,wt,pl cr cr pl-pk,pl bk-bn wt yl-wt,pl wt pl pl wt gy wt,bg wt,yl-wt pl pl pl pl,yl-wt pl,yl-wt pl pl pl-bn pl pl pl pl pl-bn pl-bn,dk-rd-bn pl-tn,pl-bn pu-bn,rd-bn pl,pl-tn,pl-gy pl dk-um,dk-bn lt-bn,cr pl-bn pl-bn,cr n/a cr,gy-wt,pl dk-bn pl 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0,1 1 0 0,1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 ISSN 2333-2468 n/a n/a n/a n/a rt rt bk-sp,tr 8-10 dk-dl n/a dl,sp n/a wt-tr n/a dl-dl dp 11 dk-bn-dl n/a dk-bn-dl,bn-bl n/a pl-tr n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a dl dl n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a dk-nk rt n/a dk-nk n/a n/a n/a n/a bk-rt n/a www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article pl-cr-bn,bn-gy bn,pl-bn,dk-bn bn bn-tn,bn,pl-bn,pl-tn tn,bn gy-bn,tn Typhlops silus Typhlops sulcatus Typhlops sylleptor Typhlops syntherus Typhlops tetrathyreus Typhlops titanops pl-cr-bn,pl-bn-gy pl,pl-bn pl-bn,pl wt pl pl 1 1 1 1 1 1 n/a dk-dl dk-nk pl-bl,dl n/a n/a Table 2. A summary of morphological variation in the subfamilies and genera of typhlopid snakes. See Table 1 legend for abbreviations. Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 9 Afrotyphlopinae Taxon 67 d,i b,r(a) nc a c,i 1,2(r,s1) a,p 2–6(7) 3.68 2–3(1–2,1–3,2,3,2–4,0) Afrotyphlops 29 d r(b,a) nc a i(c) 1(r,2) a(p) 2–4(5–7) 3.70 2–3(1–2,1–3,2,0) Letheobia 31 i b,r nc a c,i 2(r,1,s1,p) p(a) 3–4(2,5–7) 3.55 2–3(2,3,2–4,0) Rhinotyphlops 7 d b(r) nc a c,i 2(1) a(p) 4–6(2–3) 4.21 2–3(2,2–4) 121 d(i) r(b,a) nc(c) a(p) c,i 2(1,s1,s2,P) a,p 1–5 2.19 2–3(3,0) Acutotyphlops 5 d a,r nc p i 2(1) p(a) 3–5 4.10 2–3,3,0 Anilios 43 d b,r(a) nc a c,i 2(1,s1,s2,P) a 2(1,3–4) 2.21 2–3 Asiatyphlops 13 d(i) r nc a i(c) 2 a 2–3(4–5) 2.69 2–3(3) Asiatyphlopinae Cyclotyphlops 1 d r c a c s1 p 1 1.00 0 Grypotyphlops 1 d,i b nc a c,i 2 p 4(3,5) 4.00 2–3 Indotyphlops 22 d(i) r nc a c,i 2(1,p) a 1(2) 1.03 2–3,3 Malayotyphlops 10 d(i) r nc a i(c) 2(1) a(p) 2–4 2.75 3,2–3(2) Ramphotyphlops 21 d(i) b,r nc a c,i 2(1,s1) a(p) 2–3(1) 2.15 2–3(3) Sundatyphlops 1 d r nc a c,i 1,s1,2 n/a n/a n/a 2–3 Xerotyphlops 4 d r nc a i 2 a(p) 2 2.00 2–3 Madatyphlopinae 11 d r nc a i(c) 2 a 2–3(1,4) 2.27 2–3 Madatyphlops 11 d r nc a i(c) 2 a 2–3(1,4) 2.27 2–3 Typhlopinae 58 d(i) r(a) nc a c(i) 2(1,s1) a(p) 1–4 1.66 2–3,3(0,4?) Amerotyphlops 14 d(i) r nc a c,i 2(1,s1) a(p) 1–2(3,4) 1.69 2–3 Antillotyphlops 12 d r(a) nc a c 2 a 2(1) 2.00 3(4?) Cubatyphlops 12 d r nc a c 2 a 1(2) 1.00 2–3 Typhlops 20 d r nc a c(i) 2 a(p) 2(1,3) 1.85 3(0) Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 18 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Table 2 (part 2, continued) 10a 10b 11 12a 12b 13a 13b 14a 14b 15a 15b 16a 16b Afrotyphlopinae Taxon 18–45 24.8 p,a 216–737 437 4–15 10.8 125–950 403 17–129 52.4 33–152 68.2 Afrotyphlops 18–45 27.2 p(a) 216–620 391 4–15 9.6 125–950 481 17–95 39.5 33–152 60.8 79.0 Letheobia 18–30 22.3 p,a 250–737 484 8–15 11.1 135–670 350 35–129 66.6 46–143 Rhinotyphlops 22–34 25.0 p,a 311–586 425 14–15 14.5 220–455 323 27–77 48.9 50–79 65.0 Asiatyphlopinae 16–36 21.8 p,a 206–750 408 5–36 14.6 91–750 293 18–134 49.8 13–133 47.1 Acutotyphlops 26–36 30.4 p 334–542 415 11–31 20.9 333–487 392 18–58 38.2 13–100 31.1 Anilios 16–24 20.1 a(p) 278–750 466 8–36 15.0 122–750 353 20–134 55.8 15–112 49.7 Asiatyphlops 20–30 23.2 p,a 246–520 339 5–26 11.1 130–430 243 26–70 35.2 42–100 65.6 Cyclotyphlops 22 22.0 p 294 294 n/a n/a 146 146 35 35.1 32.3 32.3 Grypotyphlops 24–34 29.0 p 448–526 487 7–13 10.0 630 630 30–66 48 17–133 75.1 Indotyphlops 18–22 19.4 a(p) 229–468 345 7–15 10.8 91–285 175 28–130 57.6 22–76 46.4 Malayotyphlops 24–30 26.8 p 300–461 367 9–14 11.9 122–445 256 31–58 42.0 28–71 51.8 Ramphotyphlops 18–30 21.7 p,a 206–653 419 8–36 19.8 117–480 302 18–88 48.8 17–70 31.8 22 22.0 n/a 496 496 16 16.0 395 395 33–58 45.5 15–52 33.3 Sundatyphlops Xerotyphlops 20–24 23.5 p 206–435 355 10–16 13.0 220–350 292 37–55 45.6 87.7 87.7 Madatyphlopinae 20–28 22.9 p,a 252–600 429 6–18 11.2 176–600 320 27–85 45.6 33–125 53.7 Madatyphlops 20–28 22.9 p,a 252–600 429 6–18 11.2 176–600 320 27–85 45.6 33–125 53.7 Typhlopinae 16–24 20.3 p,a 170–629 369 6–22 11.7 101–522 264 16–77 42.7 18–270 48.7 Amerotyphlops 16–22 19.1 a(p) 170–556 327 6–15 9.4 101–522 287 16–77 38.7 23–270 66.8 Antillotyphlops 16–24 20.5 p 299–499 378 11–14 12.3 110–360 233 37–70 46.8 30–61 44.5 Cubatyphlops 20–24 22.1 p,a 351–629 503 22 22.0 197–460 304 36–75 54.7 29–85 50.4 Typhlops 18–22 20.0 p,a 231–457 312 8–19 13.1 126–445 243 23–57 35.9 18–88 36.8 Table 2 (part 3, continued) 17 18 19 20 Afrotyphlopinae Taxon v(wt,cr,bn,yl,bl,pl-gn,pk) wt,cr,yl(bn,bk) 1,0 un(dl) Afrotyphlops dk-bn (yl,pl-bl,pk,pl-gn) yl,yl-wt,cr,wt 1(0) un(dl) pl(pk,cr,wt,un) pl(pk,cr,wt,un) 0(1) un Rhinotyphlops bn(pl-yl,pl-gn,pk) wt,yl-wt(bn,bk) 1 un(dl) Asiatyphlopinae bn,dk-bn,pl-bn(v) wt,cr,yl-wt 1(0) un(dl) dk-bn(gd-or) yl-wt,gd 1 un(br,dl) Letheobia Acutotyphlops bn(cr,tn,pk,gy,pl-yl) wt,cr,yl-wt 1(0) un(dl) Asiatyphlops bn(gd-bn,ol-dn,bk-bn,yl-bn,rd-bn,lv-gy,bk) yl,yl-wt(wt,cr,yl-tn,yl-bn,pl-bn) 1(0) un(dl) Cyclotyphlops dk-bn bn 1 un un(dl) Anilios gy,bn,gd-bn gy-wt,yl,pl-bn 1 bn(cr,gy,yl-bn,rd-bn,lv-gy,bk) v(wt,cr,pl-bn,lv-gy) 1(0) un(dl) v(bn,gy-bn,rd-bn,gn-bk,bk) v(cr,yl-wt,rd,pk,pk-yl) 1 un(dl,sp,nk) Ramphotyphlops dk-bn(bn,tn,gy,lv) cr,yl-wt(gy-gn,pk-wt,tn,bn) 1(0) un(dl) Sundatyphlops dk-bn,ol,ol-gy,pl-yl wt,wt-pk,pl-yl 1(0) dl,vl,un Grypotyphlops Indotyphlops Malayotyphlops wt,bn wt,cr,bn 1(0) un(dl) bn(wt,pk,cr,yl,gy) v(wt,pk,cr,yl,gy,bn) 1 un(dl,nk) Madatyphlops bn(wt,pk,cr,yl,gy) v(wt,pk,cr,yl,gy,bn) 1 un(dl,nk) Typhlopinae bn(cr,tn,yl-wt,un) un(wt,cr,bn) 1(0) un(sp,dl,rt) Xerotyphlops Madatyphlopinae Amerotyphlops bn,yl wt,cr,yl 1(0) sp,dl,rt Antillotyphlops bn,gy-bn,yl wt,cr(bn) 1(0) un(dl) Cubatyphlops bn(un,pk) un(cr) 1(0) un bn,tn un,wt,cr 1(0) un(dl) Typhlops Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 19 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Table 3. Classiication of snakes of the Family Typhlopidae. This study Previous classiication Afrotyphlopinae Afrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage 1866) Afrotyphlops angolensis Afrotyphlops anomalus (Bocage 1873) Megatyphlops anomalus Afrotyphlops bibronii (Smith 1846) Afrotyphlops bibronii Afrotyphlops blanfordii (Boulenger 1889) Afrotyphlops blanfordii Afrotyphlops brevis (Scortecci 1929a) Megatyphlops brevis Afrotyphlops calabresii (Gans & Laurent 1965) Typhlops calabresii Afrotyphlops comorensis (Boulenger 1889) Typhlops comorensis Afrotyphlops congestus (Duméril & Bibron 1844) Afrotyphlops congestus Afrotyphlops cuneirostris (Peters 1879) Typhlops cuneirostris Afrotyphlops decorosus (Peters 1875) Letheobia decorosa Afrotyphlops elegans (Peters 1868) Typhlops elegans Afrotyphlops fornasinii (Bianconi 1847) Afrotyphlops fornasinii Afrotyphlops gierrai (Mocquard 1897) Afrotyphlops gierrai Afrotyphlops jubanus (Broadley & Wallach 2007) Letheobia jubanus Afrotyphlops kaimosae (Loveridge 1935) Afrotyphlops kaimosae Afrotyphlops liberiensis (Hallowell 1848) Typhlops liberiensis Afrotyphlops lineolatus (Jan 1863) Afrotyphlops lineolatus Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters 1854) Megatyphlops mucruso Afrotyphlops nanus Broadley & Wallach, 2009 Afrotyphlops nanus Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus (Broadley & Wallach 2000) Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus Afrotyphlops obtusus (Peters 1865) Letheobia obtusa Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus (Sternfeld 1910) Typhlops platyrhynchus Afrotyphlops punctatus (Leach 1819) Afrotyphlops punctatus Afrotyphlops rondoensis (Loveridge 1942) Afrotyphlops rondoensis Afrotyphlops schlegelii (Bianconi 1847) Megatyphlops schlegelii Afrotyphlops schmidti (Laurent 1956) Afrotyphlops schmidti Afrotyphlops steinhausi (Werner 1909b) Afrotyphlops steinhausi Afrotyphlops tanganicanus (Laurent 1964) Afrotyphlops tanganicanus Afrotyphlops usambaricus (Laurent 1964) Afrotyphlops usambaricus Letheobia acutirostrata (Andersson 1916) Letheobia acutirostrata Letheobia angeli (Guibé 1952) Letheobia angeli Letheobia caeca (Duméril 1856) Letheobia caeca Letheobia coecata (Jan 1863) Typhlops coecata Letheobia crossii (Boulenger 1893) Letheobia crossii Letheobia debilis (Joger 1990) Letheobia debilis Letheobia episcopa Franzen & Wallach, 2002 Letheobia episcopa Letheobia erythraea (Scortecci 1929b) Letheobia erythraea Letheobia feae (Boulenger 1906) Letheobia feae Letheobia gracilis (Sternfeld 1910) Letheobia gracilis Letheobia graueri (Sternfeld 1912) Letheobia graueri Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 20 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Letheobia kibarae (Witte 1953) Letheobia kibarae Letheobia largeni Broadley & Wallach, 2007 Letheobia largeni Letheobia leucosticta (Boulenger 1898a) Letheobia leucosticta Letheobia lumbriciformis (Peters 1874) Letheobia lumbriciformis Letheobia manni (Loveridge 1941) Typhlops manni Letheobia newtoni (Bocage 1890) Letheobia newtoni Letheobia pallida Cope, 1868 Letheobia pallida Letheobia pauwelsi Wallach, 2005 Letheobia pauwelsi Letheobia pembana Broadley & Wallach, 2007 Letheobia pembana Letheobia praeocularis (Stejneger 1894) Letheobia praeocularis Letheobia rufescens (Chabanaud 1916) Letheobia rufescens Letheobia simonii (Böttger 1879) Letheobia simonii Letheobia somalica (Boulenger 1895a) Letheobia somalica Letheobia stejnegeri (Loveridge 1931) Letheobia stejnegeri Letheobia sudanensis (Schmidt 1923) Letheobia sudanensis Letheobia swahilica (Broadley & Wallach 2007) Letheobia swahilica Letheobia toritensis (Broadley & Wallach 2007) Letheobia toritensis Letheobia uluguruensis (Barbour & Loveridge 1928) Letheobia uluguruensis Letheobia wittei (Roux-Estève 1974) Letheobia wittei Letheobia zenkeri (Sternfeld 1908) Typhlops zenkeri Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus (Boulenger 1912) Letheobia ataeniatus Rhinotyphlops boylei (FitzSimons 1932) Rhinotyphlops boylei Rhinotyphlops lalandei (Schlegel 1839) Rhinotyphlops lalandei Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus (Parker 1930) Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus Rhinotyphlops schinzi (Böttger 1887) Rhinotyphlops schinzi Rhinotyphlops scortecci (Gans & Laurent 1965) Letheobia scortecci Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus (Peters 1878) Letheobia unitaeniata Asiatyphlopinae Acutotyphlops banaorum Wallach et al. 2007 Acutotyphlops banaorum Acutotyphlops infralabialis (Waite 1918a) Acutotyphlops infralabialis Acutotyphlops kunuaensis Wallach, 1995 Acutotyphlops kunuaensis Acutotyphlops solomonis (Parker 1939) Acutotyphlops solomonis Acutotyphlops subocularis (Waite 1897a) Acutotyphlops subocularis Anilios ainis (Boulenger 1889) Ramphotyphlops ainis Anilios ammodytes (Montague et al. 1914) Ramphotyphlops ammodytes Anilios aspinus (Couper et al. 1998) Ramphotyphlops aspinus Anilios australis (Gray 1845) Ramphotyphlops australis Anilios batillus (Waite 1894) Ramphotyphlops batillus Anilios bicolor (Peters 1858) Ramphotyphlops bicolor Anilios bituberculatus (Peters 1863) Ramphotyphlops bituberculatus Anilios broomi (Boulenger 1898b) Ramphotyphlops broomi Anilios centralis (Storr 1984) Ramphotyphlops centralis Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 21 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Anilios chamodracaena (Ingram & Covacevich 1993) Ramphotyphlops chamodracaena Anilios diversus (Waite 1894) Ramphotyphlops diversus Anilios endoterus (Waite 1918b) Ramphotyphlops endoterus Anilios erycinus (Werner 1901) Ramphotyphlops erycinus Anilios ganei (Aplin 1998) Ramphotyphlops ganei Anilios grypus (Waite 1918b) Ramphotyphlops grypus Anilios guentheri (Peters 1865) Ramphotyphlops guentheri Anilios hamatus (Storr 1981) Ramphotyphlops hamatus Anilios howi (Storr 1983) Ramphotyphlops howi Anilios kimberleyensis (Storr 1981) Ramphotyphlops kimberleyensis Anilios leptosomus (Robb 1972) Ramphotyphlops leptosomus Anilios leucoproctus (Boulenger 1889) Ramphotyphlops leucoproctus Anilios ligatus (Peters 1879) Ramphotyphlops ligatus Anilios longissimus (Aplin 1998) Ramphotyphlops longissimus Anilios margaretae (Storr 1981) Ramphotyphlops margaretae Anilios micrommus (Storr 1981) Ramphotyphlops micrommus Anilios minimus (Kinghorn 1929) Ramphotyphlops minimus Anilios nema (Shea & Horner 1997) Ramphotyphlops nema Anilios nigrescens Gray, 1845 Ramphotyphlops nigrescens Anilios nigroterminatus (Parker 1931) Ramphotyphlops nigroterminatus Anilios pilbarensis (Aplin & Donnellan 1993) Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis Anilios pinguis (Waite 1897b) Ramphotyphlops pinguis Anilios proximus (Waite 1893) Ramphotyphlops proximus Anilios robertsi (Couper et al. 1998) Ramphotyphlops robertsi Anilios silvia (Ingram & Covacevich 1993) Ramphotyphlops silvia Anilios splendidus (Aplin 1998) Ramphotyphlops splendidus Anilios torresianus (Schlegel 1839) Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus Anilios tovelli (Loveridge 1945) Ramphotyphlops tovelli Anilios troglodytes (Storr 1981) Ramphotyphlops troglodytes Anilios unguirostris (Peters 1867b) Ramphotyphlops unguirostris Anilios waitii (Boulenger 1895b) Ramphotyphlops waitii Anilios wiedii (Peters 1867a) Ramphotyphlops wiedii Anilios yampiensis (Storr 1981) Ramphotyphlops yampiensis Anilios yirrikalae (Kinghorn 1942) Ramphotyphlops yirrikalae Asiatyphlops bothriorhynchus (Günther 1864) Typhlops bothriorhynchus Asiatyphlops diardii (Schlegel 1839) Typhlops diardii Asiatyphlops fuscus (Duméril & Duméril 1851) Typhlops fuscus Asiatyphlops giadinhensis (Bourret 1937) Typhlops giadinhensis Asiatyphlops klemmeri (Taylor 1962) Typhlops klemmeri Asiatyphlops koshunensis (Ôshima 1916) Typhlops koshunensis Asiatyphlops leucomelas (Boulenger 1890) Typhlops leucomelas Asiatyphlops muelleri (Schlegel 1839) Typhlops muelleri Asiatyphlops oatesii (Boulenger 1890) Typhlops oatesii Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 22 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Asiatyphlops roxaneae (Wallach 2001) Typhlops roxaneae Asiatyphlops siamensis (Günther 1864) Typhlops siamensis Asiatyphlops tenuicollis (Peters 1864) Typhlops tenuicollis Asiatyphlops trangensis (Taylor 1962) Typhlops trangensis Cyclotyphlops deharvengi in den Bosch & Ineich 1994 Cyclotyphlops deharvengi Grypotyphlops acutus (Duméril & Bibron 1844) Letheobia acutus Indotyphlops ahsanai (Khan 1999) Typhlops ahsanai Indotyphlops albiceps (Boulenger 1898a) Ramphotyphlops albiceps Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin 1803) Ramphotyphlops braminus Indotyphlops exiguus (Jan 1864) Typhlops exiguus Indotyphlops iliformis (Duméril & Bibron 1844) Typhlops iliformis Indotyphlops letcheri (Wall 1919) Typhlops letcheri Indotyphlops hypsobothrius (Werner 1917) Typhlops hypsobothrius Indotyphlops jerdoni (Boulenger 1890) Typhlops jerdoni Indotyphlops khoratensis (Taylor 1962) Typhlops khoratensis Indotyphlops lankaensis (Taylor 1947) Typhlops lankaensis Indotyphlops lazelli (Wallach & Pauwels 2004) Typhlops lazelli Indotyphlops loveridgei (Constable 1949) Typhlops loveridgei Indotyphlops madgemintonae (Khan 1999) Typhlops madgemintonae Indotyphlops malcolmi (Taylor 1947) Typhlops malcolmi Indotyphlops meszoelyi (Wallach 1999) Typhlops meszoelyi Indotyphlops ozakiae (Niyomwan et al. 2001) Ramphotyphlops ozakiae Indotyphlops pammeces (Günther 1864) Typhlops pammeces Indotyphlops porrectus (Stoliczka 1871) Typhlops porrectus Indotyphlops schmutzi (Aufenberg 1980) Typhlops schmutzi Indotyphlops tenebrarum (Taylor 1947) Typhlops tenebrarum Indotyphlops veddae (Taylor 1947) Typhlops veddae Indotyphlops violaceus (Taylor 1947) Typhlops violaceus Malayotyphlops canlaonensis (Taylor 1917) Typhlops canlaonensis Malayotyphlops castanotus (Wynn & Leviton 1993) Typhlops castanotus Malayotyphlops collaris (Wynn & Leviton 1993) Typhlops collaris Malayotyphlops hypogius (Savage 1950) Typhlops hypogius Malayotyphlops koekkoeki (Brongersma 1934) Typhlops koekkoeki Malayotyphlops kraali (Doria 1874) Typhlops kraali Malayotyphlops luzonensis (Taylor 1919) Typhlops luzonensis Malayotyphlops manilae (Taylor 1919) Typhlops manilae Malayotyphlops ruber (Böttger 1897) Typhlops ruber Malayotyphlops ruicauda (Gray 1845) Typhlops ruicaudus Ramphotyphlops acuticauda (Peters 1877) Ramphotyphlops acuticauda Ramphotyphlops adocetus Wynn et al. 2012 Ramphotyphlops adocetus Ramphotyphlops angusticeps (Peters 1877) Ramphotyphlops angusticeps Ramphotyphlops becki Tanner, 1948 Ramphotyphlops becki Ramphotyphlops conradi (Peters 1875) Typhlops conradi Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 23 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Ramphotyphlops cumingii (Gray 1845) Ramphotyphlops cumingii Ramphotyphlops depressus Peters, 1880 Ramphotyphlops depressus Ramphotyphlops exocoeti (Boulenger 1887) Ramphotyphlops exocoeti Ramphotyphlops laviventer (Peters 1864) Ramphotyphlops laviventer Ramphotyphlops hatmaliyeb Wynn et al. 2012 Ramphotyphlops hatmaliyeb Ramphotyphlops lineatus (Schlegel 1839) Ramphotyphlops lineatus Ramphotyphlops lorenzi (Werner 1909b) Ramphotyphlops lorenzi Ramphotyphlops mansuetus (Barbour 1921) Ramphotyphlops mansuetus Ramphotyphlops marxi (Wallach 1993) Ramphotyphlops marxi Ramphotyphlops melanocephalus (Duméril & Bibron 1844) Ramphotyphlops melanocephalus Ramphotyphlops multilineatus (Schlegel 1839) Ramphotyphlops multilineatus Ramphotyphlops olivaceus (Gray 1845) Ramphotyphlops olivaceus Ramphotyphlops similis (Brongersma 1934) Ramphotyphlops similis Ramphotyphlops suluensis (Taylor 1918) Ramphotyphlops suluensis Ramphotyphlops supranasalis (Brongersma 1934) Ramphotyphlops supranasalis Ramphotyphlops willeyi (Boulenger 1900) Ramphotyphlops willeyi Sundatyphlops polygrammicus (Schlegel 1839) Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus Xerotyphlops etheridgei (Wallach 2002) Typhlops etheridgei Xerotyphlops socotranus (Boulenger 1889) Typhlops socotranus Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem 1820) Typhlops vermicularis Xerotyphlops wilsoni (Wall 1908) Typhlops wilsoni Madatyphlopinae Madatyphlops andasibensis (Wallach & Glaw 2009) Typhlops andasibensis Madatyphlops arenarius (Grandidier 1872) Typhlops arenarius Madatyphlops boettgeri (Boulenger 1893) Typhlops boettgeri Madatyphlops decorsei (Mocquard 1901) Typhlops decorsei Madatyphlops domerguei (Roux-Estève 1980) Typhlops domerguei Madatyphlops madagascariensis (Böttger 1877) Typhlops madagascariensis Madatyphlops microcephalus (Werner 1909a) Typhlops microcephalus Madatyphlops mucronatus (Böttger 1880) Typhlops mucronatus Madatyphlops ocularis (Parker 1927) Typhlops ocularis Madatyphlops rajeryi (Renoult & Raselimanana 2009) Typhlops rajeryi Madatyphlops reuteri (Böttger 1881) Typhlops reuteri Typhlopinae Amerotyphlops amoipira (Rodrigues & Juncá 2002) Typhlops amoipira Amerotyphlops brongersmianus (Vanzolini 1976) Typhlops brongersmianus Amerotyphlops costaricensis (Jiménez & Savage 1963) Typhlops costaricensis Amerotyphlops lehneri (Roux 1926) Typhlops lehneri Amerotyphlops microstomus (Cope 1866) Typhlops microstomus Amerotyphlops minuisquamus (Dixon & Hendricks 1979) Typhlops minuisquamus Amerotyphlops paucisquamus (Dixon & Hendricks 1979) Typhlops paucisquamus Amerotyphlops reticulatus (Linnaeus 1758) Typhlops reticulatus Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 24 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Amerotyphlops stadelmani (Schmidt 1936) Typhlops stadelmani Amerotyphlops tasymicris (Thomas 1974a) Typhlops tasymicris Amerotyphlops tenuis (Salvin 1860) Typhlops tenuis Amerotyphlops trinitatus (Richmond 1965) Typhlops trinitatus Amerotyphlops tycherus (Townsend et al. 2008) Typhlops tycherus Amerotyphlops yonenagae (Rodrigues 1991) Typhlops yonenagae Antillotyphlops annae (Breuil 1999) Typhlops annae Antillotyphlops catapontus (Thomas 1966) Typhlops catapontus Antillotyphlops dominicanus (Stejneger 1904) Typhlops dominicanus Antillotyphlops geotomus (Thomas 1966) Typhlops geotomus Antillotyphlops granti (Ruthven & Gaige 1935) Typhlops granti Antillotyphlops guadeloupensis (Richmond 1966) Typhlops guadeloupensis Antillotyphlops hypomethes (Hedges & Thomas 1991) Typhlops hypomethes Antillotyphlops monastus (Thomas 1966) Typhlops monastus Antillotyphlops monensis (Schmidt 1926) Typhlops monensis Antillotyphlops naugus (Thomas 1966) Typhlops naugus Antillotyphlops platycephalus (Duméril & Bibron 1844) Typhlops platycephalus Antillotyphlops richardi (Duméril & Bibron 1844) Typhlops richardi Cubatyphlops anchaurus (Thomas & Hedges 2007) Typhlops anchaurus Cubatyphlops anousius (Thomas & Hedges 2007) Typhlops anousius Cubatyphlops arator (Thomas & Hedges 2007) Typhlops arator Cubatyphlops biminiensis (Richmond 1955) Typhlops biminiensis Cubatyphlops caymanensis (Sackett 1940) Typhlops caymanensis Cubatyphlops contorhinus (Thomas & Hedges 2007) Typhlops contorhinus Cubatyphlops epactius (Thomas 1968) Typhlops epactius Cubatyphlops golyathi (Dominguez & Moreno 2009) Typhlops golyathi Cubatyphlops notorachius (Thomas & Hedges 2007) Typhlops notorachius Cubatyphlops paradoxus (Günther 1875) Typhlops paradoxus Cubatyphlops perimychus (Thomas & Hedges 2007) Typhlops perimychus Cubatyphlops satelles (Thomas & Hedges 2007) Typhlops satelles Typhlops agoralionis Thomas & Hedges 2007 Typhlops agoralionis Typhlops capitulatus Richmond 1964 Typhlops capitulatus Typhlops eperopeus Thomas & Hedges 2007 Typhlops eperopeus Typhlops gonavensis Richmond 1964 Typhlops gonavensis Typhlops hectus Thomas 1974b Typhlops hectus Typhlops jamaicensis (Shaw 1802) Typhlops jamaicensis Typhlops leptolepis Dominguez et al. 2013 Typhlops leptolepis Typhlops lumbricalis (Linnaeus 1758) Typhlops lumbricalis Typhlops oxyrhinus Dominguez & Diaz Jr. 2011 Typhlops oxyrhinus Typhlops pachyrhinus Dominguez & Diaz Jr. 2011 Typhlops pachyrhinus Typhlops proancylops Thomas & Hedges 2007 Typhlops proancylops Typhlops pusillus Barbour 1914 Typhlops pusillus Typhlops rostellatus Stejneger 1904 Typhlops rostellatus Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 25 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Typhlops schwartzi Thomas 1989a Typhlops schwartzi Typhlops silus Legler 1959 Typhlops lumbricalis Typhlops sulcatus Cope 1868a Typhlops sulcatus Typhlops sylleptor Thomas & Hedges 2007 Typhlops sylleptor Typhlops syntherus Thomas 1965 Typhlops syntherus Typhlops tetrathyreus Thomas 1989 Typhlops tetrathyreus Typhlops titanops Thomas 1989 Typhlops titanops separation (narrow, moderate, and wide) is often reported but it has little diagnostic value with regard to clades identiied here in the molecular phylogenies. Likewise, while we found retrocloacal sacs and a protrusible hemipenis (Robb 1966) to be useful in diagnosing some clades, we did not ind that traits derived from viscera (Broadley & Wallach 2007; 2009) show strong correlations with the molecular clades and therefore do not include them here. This lack of correlation between molecular phylogeny and visceral traits was also encountered in leptotyphlopids (Adalsteinsson et al. 2009). As discussed elsewhere (Hedges 2008), body shape and organ size in animals, especially snakes, is negatively allometric (i.e., disproportionate with body size) and this might explain why variation in position, shape, and gain and loss of organs does not appear to be strongly tied to phylogeny. We identiied 20 characters that we considered useful in the diagnoses. We list them by individual species (Table 1) and by subfamilies and genera (Table 2). (1) Eye (distinct, indistinct). The eye was scored as distinct if it was visible at all, and indistinct if it was indistinguishable (sometimes scored from illustrations). (2) Snout (rounded, acuminate, or beaked). Head shape in blindsnakes varies depending on the observation angle (dorsal or lateral), and whether the snout protrudes beyond the lower jaw. Our interest here was in scoring three conditions used to diagnose clades previously: a beaked condition (hooked or keeled rostral), acute condition (pointed, viewed dorsally), or the common “rounded” condition (including most other conditions such as blunt and trilobed). (3) Head scales (circular, non-circular). A circular arrangement is found in Cyclotyphlops but not in other genera. (4) Frontorostral (present, absent). This scale is present in Acutotyphlops but absent in other genera. (5) Nasal division (complete, incomplete). The nasal suture is either in contact with the rostral (complete) or not in contact (incomplete). (6) Nasal suture origin. Typically the nasal suture is in contact with a supralabial scale, or sometimes the rostral scale or the preocular scale or the seam between two supralabials or between a supralabial and the preocular. (7) Suboculars or subpreoculars (present, absent). Here we score whether there are unusual lateral head scales (suboculars, subpreoculars) besides the typical ones, which are the nasal, preocular, ocular, and labials. (8) Postoculars. The number of these scales varies among genera and is diagnostic. (9) Preocular-labial contact. The lower edge of the preocular scale typically contacts one or several supralabial scales. (10) Midbody scale rows. We summarize the ranges by taxon, and averages of species averages (or, if not available, range midpoints). (11) Scale row reduction (present, absent). If present, then the posterior scale row count is lower than the midbody (or anterior) count. This character remains unreported in many species. (12). Total scale rows (between frontal and caudal spine). We summarize the ranges by taxon, and averages (or, if not available, range midpoints). (13). Caudals. We summarize the ranges by taxon, and averages (or, if not available, range midpoints). (14) Total length (mm). Because snakes have indeterminate growth and most measured specimens have not been sexed to determine if they are adults, we only used maximum known length within a species. For genera and subfamilies we report ranges of species maximums, and taxon averages. Historically, total length rather than snout-vent length is used for body size in the scolecophidian literature because tails are typically only 1–3% of body length. (15) Total length divided by midbody diameter. This is a commonly used ratio in scolecophidians to indicate body shape. (16) Total length divided by tail length. This is a commonly used ratio in scolecophidians to indicate relative tail length. (17) Dorsal color and (18) ventral color. For these two characters we emphasize ground color. A snake can also be unpigmented, in which case it may appear pale pink or gray. (19) Bicolor condition (present, absent). Most typhlopids are darker dorsally, which is called bicolor, although one genus (Letheobia) and occasional species Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 26 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article of other genera are unicolor. We did not consider anterior-posterior color diferences in this character. (20) Pattern. Most blindsnakes lack a distinct pattern, but if a pattern is present at all it is often in the form of dark lines that are 1-scale wide. Some species have pale collars, and others have blotches, but these patterns are rare and were not diagnostic of molecular clades or correlated with scalation. If the pattern has a distinctive color, we so indicate. Here we treat the 257 described species of snakes in the Family Typhlopidae. Previously, Vidal et al. (2010) deined two related families occurring in the Old World: Gerrhopilidae (15 species) and Xenotyphlopidae (2 species). Since then, Xenotyphlops mocquardi (Wallach et al. 2007b) has been placed in the synonymy of X. grandidieri by Wegener et al. (2013). Members of Gerrhopilidae (and the genus Gerrhopilus) have gland-like structures peppered over the scales of the head, 1 subpreocular or subocular scale (absent in 6 species), low midbody scale rows (18–24, but usually 18; average 18.6), small body size (average, 167 mm TL), and typically are thin-bodied with long tails. We tentatively assign one additional species, Gerrhopilus thurstoni, to Gerrhopilidae. It is small, has low midbody scale rows (20), and has an unusual yellow dorsum similar to another Indian species of the genus, G. tindalli. Systematic accounts Family Typhlopidae Merrem, 1820 Subfamily Afrotyphlopinae subfam. nov. African Blindsnakes Type genus. Afrotyphlops Broadley & Wallach 2009. Diagnosis. Members of this subfamily have (1) eye, distinct or indistinct, (2) snout, rounded or beaked (rarely acuminate), (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely or incompletely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, 1st or 2nd supralabial (rarely rostral or 1st/2nd suture), (7) subocular, absent or present, (8) postoculars, 2–6 (rarely 7; average, 3.68), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3 (rarely none, 1st, or 4th), (10) midbody scale rows, 18–45 (average, 24.8), (11) scale row reduction, present or absent, (12) total scale rows, 216–737 (average, 437), (13) caudals, 4–15 (average, 10.8), (14) maximum total length, 125– 950 (average, 403) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 17–129 (average, 52.4), (16) total length/tail length, 33–152 (average, 68.2), (17) dorsal color, variable (white, cream, pink, brown, yellow, pale blue, pale green, or pale red), (18) ventral color, usually white, cream, or yellow (rarely brown or black), (19) dorsum darker than, or similar to, venter, (20) overall, usually no distinctive pattern, although sometimes with longitudinal lines (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Fig. 1). The subfamily Afrotyphlopinae is distinguished from the other three subfamilies by more postocular scales (3.68 versus 2.19 in Asiatyphlopinae, 2.27 in Madatyphlopinae, and 1.66 in Typhlopinae; average of species mean values), more midbody scales (24.8 versus 21.8 in Asiatyphlopinae, 22.9 in Madatyphlopinae, and 20.3 in Typhlopinae), larger maximum body size (403 mm TL versus 294 mm in Asiatyphlopinae, 320 mm in Madatyphlopinae, and 264 mm in Typhlopinae), and shorter tails (TL/TA 68.2 versus 47.1 in Asiatyphlopinae, 53.7 in Madatyphlopinae, and 48.7 in Typhlopinae). Content. Three genera: Afrotyphlops Broadley & Wallach 2009, Letheobia Cope 1868, and Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger 1843 (Table 3). Distribution. Afrotyphlopinae is distributed almost exclusively in sub-Saharan Africa (including satellite islands and islets), with two species occurring in the Middle East. Etymology. As for the type-genus. Remarks. The subfamily Afrotyphlopinae is well-deined in the molecular phylogeny of Vidal et al. (2010), and in the tree here (Fig. 1). Within this African clade of blindsnakes, Vidal et al. (2010) found that the arrangement of species did not agree in some respects with the taxonomic proposal of Broadley and Wallach (2009), who Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 27 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Afrotyphlops congestus Afrotyphlops punctatus Afrotyphlops sp. 2 Afrotyphlops lineolatus Afrotyphlops bibronii Afrotyphlops fornasinii Afrotyphlops mucruso Afrotyphlops schlegelii Afrotyphlops elegans Afrotyphlops elegans 1 Afrotyphlops elegans 2 Afrotyphlops elegans 3 Afrotyphlops angolensis Afrotyphlops sp. 1 Afrotyphlops cf angolensis Afrotyphlops sp. Afrotyphlops obtusus Letheobia feae 1 Letheobia feae 2 Letheobia feae Letheobia feae 3 Letheobia newtoni Letheobia episcopa 1 Letheobia episcopa 2 Letheobia simonii Rhinotyphlops lalandei Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus Typhlops sylleptor Typhlops agoralionis Typhlops jamaicensis Typhlops capitulatus Typhlops sulcatus Typhlops rostellatus Typhlops schwartzi Typhlops sp. Typhlops eperopeus Typhlops syntherus Antillotyphlops catapontus Antillotyphlops naugus Antillotyphlops platycephalus Antillotyphlops hypomethes Antillotyphlops granti Antillotyphlops monastus Antillotyphlops geotomus Antillotyphlops dominicanus Cubatyphlops notorachius Cubatyphlops anousius Cubatyphlops anchaurus Cubatyphlops contorhinus Cubatyphlops arator Cubatyphlops caymanensis Amerotyphlops brongersmianus Amerotyphlops reticulatus Madatyphlops sp. Madatyphlops arenarius Madatyphlops andasibensis Anilios ganei Anilios ligatus Anilios troglodytes Anilios kimberleyensis Anilios unguirostris Anilios guentheri Anilios howi Anilios diversus Anilios bituberculatus Anilios grypus Anilios longissimus Anilios endoterus Anilios hamatus Anilios australis Anilios pilbarensis Anilios waitii Anilios splendidus Anilios pinguis Anilios bicolor Sundatyphlops polygrammicus Acutotyphlops subocularis Acutotyphlops kunuaensis Acutotyphlops sp. Ramphotyphlops acuticauda Ramphotyphlops depressus Ramphotyphlops lineatus Indotyphlops braminus Indotyphlops pammeces Indotyphlops albiceps Malayotyphlops luzonensis Asiatyphlops sp. 1 Asiatyphlops sp. 2 Asiatyphlops sp. 3 Asiatyphlops sp. 4 Asiatyphlops sp. 5 Asiatyphlops diardii Asiatyphlops sp. 6 Asiatyphlops sp. 7 Asiatyphlops muelleri Xerotyphlops vermicularis 1 Xerotyphlops vermicularis 2 Xerotyphlops vermicularis Xerotyphlops vermicularis A Xerotyphlops socotranus 1 Xerotyphlops socotranus 2 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * 0.02 ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Figure 1. Phylogenetic ML tree of typhlopid snakes based on an analysis of DNA sequences of ive nuclear protein-coding genes (data set A). Nodes with asterisks are supported by posterior probability > 95% and ML bootstrap probability > 70%. The tree is rooted with 22 outgroup species (not shown) including a monitor lizard, and species of alethinophidian, leptotyphlopid, gerrhopilid, and xenotyphlopid snakes (Vidal et al. 2010). Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 28 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article had erected two new genera: Afrotyphlops and Megatyphlops. For example, species assigned by those authors to Megatyphlops appeared nested among species assigned by them to Afrotyphlops. As has been noted (Broadley & Wallach 2009), there has been a great diversity of diferent generic assignments for African species of typhlopid snakes. Here, we have added new sequences to the molecular phylogeny and have interpreted these new results in light of our compilation of morphological data (Tables 1–2). In so doing, we have corrected the errors in the current taxonomy of this group (subfamily), reassigning some species of Letheobia, Rhinotyphlops, and Typhlops to other genera. We believe that this new taxonomy retains the status quo as best as possible and recognizes major clades of species sharing suites of morphological traits. Genus Afrotyphlops Broadley & Wallach, 2009 African Giant Blindsnakes Type species. Acontias punctatus Leach in Bowdich 1819:493, by original designation. Diagnosis. Species of Afrotyphlops have (1) eye, distinct, (2) snout, rounded (sometimes beaked or acuminate), (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, incompletely divided (rarely complete), (6) nasal suture origin, 1st supralabial (sometimes 2nd supralabial or rarely rostral), (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent (rarely a subpreocular/intercalary present), (8) postoculars, 2–4 (rarely 5–7; average 3.70), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3 (rarely none, 1–2, 1–3, or 2), (10) midbody scale rows, 18–45 (average, 27.2), (11) scale row reduction, present (rarely absent), (12) total scale rows, 216–620 (average, 391), (13) caudals, 4–15 (average, 9.6), (14) maximum total length, 125–950 (average, 481) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 17–95 (average, 39.5), (16) total length/tail length, 33–152 (average, 60.8), (17) dorsal color, dark brown (sometimes yellow, bluish, reddish, or greenish), (18) ventral color, yellow, yellowish, cream, or white, (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, usually patternless, but sometimes with longitudinal lines (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Fig. 1). From Letheobia, Afrotyphlops is distinguished by having a distinct eye (versus indistinct), lacking subocular scales (versus present), and having a dark (versus pale) dorsum. Species of Afrotyphlops also average larger in size and have more robust bodies, although there is variation in those traits. From Rhinotyphlops, Afrotyphlops is distinguished by its more rounded snout in lateral proile (versus beaked), except several species formerly in the genus Megatyphlops, fewer caudals (9.6 versus 14.5), and larger size (481 versus 323 mm average TL). Content. Twenty-nine species: Afrotyphlops angolensis, A. anomalus, A. bibronii, A. blanfordii, A. brevis, A. calabresii, A. comorensis, A. congestus, A. cuneirostris, A. decorosus, A. elegans, A. fornasinii, A. gierrai, A. jubanus, A. kaimosae, A. liberiensis, A. lineolatus, A. mucruso, A. nanus, A. nigrocandidus, A. obtusus, A. platyrhynchus, A. punctatus, A. rondoensis, A. schlegelii, A. schmidti, A. steinhausi, A. tanganicanus, and A. usambaricus (Table 3). Distribution. Afrotyphlops is distributed entirely in sub-Saharan Africa (including satellite islands and islets). Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the adjective africanus (a, um; i.e., ‘from Africa’) and the Greek noun typhlops (the blind). Remarks. The molecular phylogeny of Vidal et al. (2010), and the updated phylogeny here (Fig. 1), formed a group of 10 African species that includes the type species of Afrotyphlops, A. punctatus. That species and the other nine species all lack subocular scales and their nasal suture origin is at the 1st supralabial, in contrast to most species of Letheobia that have one or more suboculars and a nasal suture origin at the 2nd supralabial. Other characters (see diagnosis above) also were consistent with the division of the two genera. We include in this genus most species of Afrotyphlops listed by Broadley and Wallach (2009), but not all. They included A. angeli and A. manni, but we place them here in Letheobia based on the diagnostic characters (e.g., indistinct eye, presence of subocular, and nasal suture origin at the 2nd supralabial). Also, of the 10 species of Afrotyphlops with molecular data, two (A. mucroso and A. schlegelii) were placed in a separate genus, Megatyphlops, by Broadley and Wallach (2009). However, their position in the tree, nested within the clade of Afrotyphlops species (Vidal et al. 2010), indicated that either Megatyphlops is a synonym of Afrotyphlops, or that additional genera should be recognized to Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 29 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article correct the paraphyly of Afrotyphlops. Because it is not obvious to us how character data would justify subdividing Afrotyphlops into many genera, we instead place Megatyphlops in the synonymy of Afrotyphlops. In addition, the molecular phylogenies show that a species placed in the genus Letheobia (L. obtusa) by Broadley and Wallach clustered with the Afrotyphlops clade. Therefore, we have transferred that species and its close relatives (L. decorosa and L. jubana) to Afrotyphlops and note that their external characters agree with our diagnosis of Afrotyphlops: all 3 species lack a subocular scale and 2 of those species have the nasal suture origin at the 1st supralabial (1st or 2nd in A. jubanus). Finally, we place four species of Typhlops in Afrotyphlops: T. calabresii, T. cuneirostris, T. comorensis, and T. platyrhynchus. These species have lattened snouts and are reddish dorsally, suggesting that they are related, and they share diagnostic characters of Afrotyphlops: distinct eye, nasal incompletely divided, subocular absent, robust body, and a dark dorsum. Genus Letheobia Cope, 1868 African Gracile Blindsnakes Type species. Onychocephalus caecus Duméril, 1856:462, by subsequent designation of Peters, 1881:70. Diagnosis. Species of Letheobia have (1) eye, indistinct, (2) snout, beaked or rounded, (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely or incompletely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, 2nd supralabial (rarely, 1st supralabial, suture (1/2), rostral, or preocular), (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, present (rarely absent), (8) postoculars, 3–4 (rarely 2, 5–7; average, 3.55), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3 (sometimes 2nd, 3rd, 2–4, or none), (10) midbody scale rows, 18–30 (average 22.3), (11) scale row reduction, present or absent, (12) total scale rows, 250–737 (average, 484), (13) caudals, 8–15 (average, 11.1), (14) maximum total length, 135–670 (average, 350) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 35–129 (average, 66.6), (16) total length/tail length, 45.5–143 (average, 79.0), (17) dorsal color, usually pale (pink, cream, white, colorless), (18) ventral color, usually pale (pink, cream, white, unpigmented), (19) dorsum same color as venter, and (20) overall, a patternless, unicolor snake (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Fig. 1). From Afrotyphlops and Rhinotyphlops, Letheobia is distinguished by having an indistinct eye (versus distinct), having subocular scales present (versus absent), and having a pale (versus dark) dorsum. Content. Thirty-one species: Letheobia angeli, L. acutirostrata, L. caeca, L. coecata, L. crossii, L. debilis, L. episcopa, L. erythraea, L. feae, L. gracilis, L. graueri, L. kibarae, L. largeni, L. leucosticta, L. lumbriciformis, L. manni, L. newtoni, L. pallida, L. pauwelsi, L. pembana, L. praeocularis, L. rufescens, L. simonii, L. somalica, L. stejnegeri, L. sudanensis, L. swahilica, L. toritensis, L. uluguruensis, L. wittei, and L. zenkeri (Table 3). Distribution. Letheobia is distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa, including West Africa, Central Africa, and Eastern Africa, as far south as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. Etymology. Although not stated in the original description, the generic name is a feminine noun formed from the Greek lethe (forgotten) and bios (life), meaning forgotten life, an appropriate reference to blindsnakes. Remarks. The molecular phylogeny of Vidal et al. (2010), and the updated phylogeny here (Fig. 1), formed a group of four African species, placed in Letheobia by Broadley & Wallach (2007): L. episcopa, L. feae, L. newtoni, and L. simonii. Broadley & Wallach (2009) removed two species (L. angeli and L. manni) and placed them in Afrotyphlops, but we place them back in Letheobia here because they have the diagnostic external characters of that genus. We also tentatively place Typhlops coecatus and T. zenkeri in Letheobia based on their external morphology: L. coecata has an origin of the nasal suture at the 2nd supralabial as in most species and usually has a pallid coloration, traits more often associated with Letheobia. Letheobia zenkeri has a subocular scale and pale, unicolor pattern, as in most Letheobia. In addition, our molecular phylogenies show that a species placed in the genus Letheobia (L. obtusa) by Broadley & Wallach (2007) clustered with the Afrotyphlops clade. Therefore, we have transferred that species and its close relatives (L. decorosa and L. jubanus) to Afrotyphlops and note that their external characters agree with our diagnosis of Afrotyphlops: all three species lack a subocular scale and two of those species have the nasal suture origin at the 1st supralabial (1st or 2nd in A. jubanus). Broadley & Wallach (2007) clariied the type species desigCaribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 30 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article nation of this genus. Genus Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 African Beaked Blindsnakes Type species. Typhlops lalandei Schlegel, 1839:38, by original designation. Diagnosis. Species of Rhinotyphlops have (1) eye, distinct, (2) snout, beaked (rarely rounded), (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely or incompletely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, 2nd supralabial (sometimes 1st supralabial), (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent (sometimes present), (8) postoculars, 4–6 (rarely 2–3; average 4.21), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3 (sometimes 2nd or 2–4), (10) midbody scale rows, 22–34 (average, 25.0), (11) scale row reduction, present (sometimes absent), (12) total scale rows, 311–586 (average, 425), (13) caudals, 14–15 (average, 14.5), (14) maximum total length, 220– 455 (average, 323) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 27–77 (average, 48.9), (16) total length/tail length, 50.2–78.5 (average, 65.0), (17) dorsal color, brown (sometimes yellowish, greenish, or reddish), (18) ventral color, white or yellowish (sometimes brownish or black), (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, either patternless or with longitudinal lines (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Fig. 1). From Letheobia, Rhinotyphlops is distinguished by having a distinct eye (versus indistinct), lacking subocular scales (versus present), having a higher average number of midbody scale rows (25.0 versus 22.3), having a higher average number of caudals (14.5 versus 11.1), and having a dark (versus pale) dorsum. From Afrotyphlops, Rhinotyphlops is distinguished by having more caudals (14.5 versus 9.6) and smaller size (323 versus 481 mm average TL). Content. Seven species: Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus, R. scortecci, R. unitaeniatus, R. boylei, R. lalandei, R. leucocephalus, and R. schinzi (Table 3). Distribution. Rhinotyphlops is distributed in eastern and southern Africa to South Africa. Four of the species occur in Somalia. Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the Greek adjective rhinos (beaked) and Greek noun typhlops (the blind), in reference to the beak-shaped snout of these blindsnakes. Remarks. The molecular phylogeny of Vidal et al. (2010), and the updated phylogeny here (Fig. 1), place the type species of Rhinotyphlops, R. lalandei, in a group with another beaked species, R. unitaeniatus. The latter species was placed in the genus Letheobia by Broadley & Wallach (2007). Therefore, we have transferred that species and its close relatives in the L. unitaeniata complex (L. ataeniata and L. scorteccii) to Rhinotyphlops and note that their external characters agree with our diagnosis of Rhinotyphlops. Subfamily Asiatyphlopinae subfam. nov. Asian Blindsnakes Type genus. Asiatyphlops gen. nov. Diagnosis. Members of this subfamily have (1) eye, distinct (rarely indistinct), (2) snout, rounded (sometimes beaked or acuminate), (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular (circular in Cyclotyphlops), (4) frontorostral, absent (present in Acutotyphlops), (5) nasal, completely or incompletely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, 2nd supralabial (rarely 1st, 1/2 suture, 2/preocular suture, or preocular), (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent or present, (8) postoculars, 1–5 (average, 2.19), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3 (rarely none, 3rd, or preocular absent), (10) midbody scale rows, 16–36 (average, 21.8), (11) scale row reduction, present or absent, (12) total scale rows, 206–750 (average, 408), (13) caudals, 5–36 (average, 14.6), (14) maximum total length, 91–750 (average, 293) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 18–134 (average, 49.8), (16) total length/tail length, 13–133 (average, 47.1), (17) dorsal color, variable but usually shades of brown, (18) ventral color, variable but usually white, cream, or yellowish, (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, usually no distinctive pattern (sometimes with longitudinal Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 31 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article lines) (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Fig. 1). The subfamily Asiatyphlopinae is distinguished from Afrotyphlopinae in having fewer postocular scales (2.19 versus 3.68; average of species mean values), fewer midbody scales (21.8 versus 24.8), smaller body size (293 versus 403 mm TL), and longer tails (TL/TA 47.1 versus 68.2). It is distinguished from Typhlopinae in having more postocular scales (2.19 versus 1.66; average of species averages), more midbody scales (21.8 versus 20.3), and slightly larger body size (294 versus 264 mm TL). Individual genera of Asiatyphlopinae difer from Madatyphlopinae in the following ways: Acutotyphlops has a frontorostral and complete nasal division (versus absent, and suture incomplete), Cyclotyphlops has a circular arrangement of head scales (versus non-circular), Grypotyphlops has suboculars present (versus absent), Indotyphlops has 1 postocular (versus 2–3), Asiatyphlops, Malayotyphlops, and Xerotyphlops have fewer average total scale rows (339, 367, and 355 versus 429), Ramphotyphlops and Sundatyphlops have longer tails (TL/TA = 31.8 and 33.3 versus 53.7, averages), and Anilios has a solid, awn-like protrusible hemipenis and retrocloacal sacs (versus non-protrusible hemipenis and retrocloacal sacs absent). Content. Ten genera: Acutotyphlops Wallach 1995, Anilios Gray 1845, Asiatyphlops gen. nov., Cyclotyphlops in den Bosch & Ineich 1994, Grypotyphlops Peters 1881, Indotyphlops gen. nov. , Malayotyphlops gen. nov., Ramphotyphlops Fitzinger 1843, Sundatyphlops gen. nov. , and Xerotyphlops gen. nov. Distribution. Asiatyphlopinae is distributed widely in southern and eastern Asia, the Malay Archipelago, Australasia, and islands of the western and southern Paciic. Etymology. As for the type-genus. Remarks. The subfamily Asiatyphlopinae was initially deined as a clade in the molecular phylogeny of Vidal et al. (2010), but the additional species added in subsequent studies (Marin et al. 2013a; Marin et al. 2013b), and this study (Figs. 1–2), have clariied the relationships further. This is the largest subfamily of typhlopids, with 10 genera and 121 species. The large morphological data set (Tables 1–2) has helped to allocate species that are not in the molecular phylogeny, and this has led to many generic changes, including description of ive new genera here. The formerly pan-tropical genus Typhlops is now restricted to Caribbean islands. Genus Acutotyphlops Wallach, 1995 Sharp-nosed Blindsnakes Type species. Acutotyphlops kunuaensis Wallach, 1995:141, by original designation. Diagnosis. Species of Acutotyphlops have (1) eye, distinct, (2) snout, acuminate or rounded, (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, present, (5) nasal, incompletely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, 2nd supralabial (sometimes 1st), (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, present (rarely absent), (8) postoculars, 3–5 (average, 4.10), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3, 3rd, or none, (10) midbody scale rows, 26–36 (average, 30.4), (11) scale row reduction, present, (12) total scale rows, 334–542 (average, 415), (13) caudals, 11–31 (average, 20.9), (14) maximum total length, 333–487 (average, 392) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 18–58 (average, 38.2), (16) total length/tail length, 13–100 (average, 31.1), (17) dorsal color, dark brown (rarely golden orange), (18) ventral color, yellowish or gold, (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, either patternless or with bars or longitudinal lines (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Fig. 1). Acutotyphlops difers from other typhlopids in having a frontorostral scale (Wallach 1995; Wallach et al. 2007a). Content. Five species: Acutotyphlops banaorum, A. infralabialis, A. kunuaensis, A. solomonis, and A. subocularis (Table 3). Distribution. Acutotyphlops is distributed in the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the Latin adjective acutus (pointed) and Greek noun typhlops (the blind), in reference to the acuminate (pointed) snouts of these blindsnakes. Remarks. The molecular phylogeny (Fig. 1) places the type species of Acutotyphlops in a group with two Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 32 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article other species (one undescribed). Genus Anilios Gray, 1845 Australian Blindsnakes Type species. Anilios australis Gray, 1845:145, by subsequent designation of Stejneger, 1904:683. Diagnosis. Species of Anilios have (1) eye, distinct, (2) snout, rounded or beaked (rarely acuminate), (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely or incompletely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, 2nd supralabial (sometimes 1st, 1/2 suture, 2/preocular suture, or preocular), (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent, (8) postoculars, 2 (rarely 1, 3, or 4; average, 2.21), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3, (10) midbody scale rows, 16–24 (average, 20.1), (11) scale row reduction, absent (rarely present), (12) total scale rows, 278–750 (average, 466), (13) caudals, 8–36 (average, 15.0), (14) maximum total length, 122–750 (average, 353) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 20–134 (average, 55.8), (16) total length/tail length, 15–112 (average, 49.7), (17) dorsal color, usually brown (sometimes cream, tan, pinkish, grey, or yellowish), (18) ventral color, usually white, cream, or yellowish, (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, usually patternless or sometimes with longitudinal lines (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Figs. 1–2). From other genera of Asiatyphlopinae, Anilios difers from Acutotyphlops in lacking a frontorostral and from Cyclotyphlops in having non-circular head scales (versus circular arrangement). It difers from Grypotyphlops in lacking subocular scales. It difers from Asiatyphlops, Cyclotyphlops, Malayotyphlops, Indotyphlops, and Xerotyphlops in having more total scale rows (466 versus 294–367, averages). It difers from other genera except Indotyphlops in having a thin body (TL/MBD = 55.8 versus 35.1–46.6 in those other genera; averages). It difers from Sundatyphlops and Ramphotyphlops in having relatively short tails (TL/TA = 49.7 versus 31.8–33.3). Content. Forty-three species: Anilios ainis, A. ammodytes, A. aspinus, A. australis, A. batillus, A. bicolor, A. bituberculatus, A. broomi, A. centralis, A. chamodracaena, A. diversus, A. endoterus, A. erycinus, A. ganei, A. grypus, A. guentheri, A. hamatus, A. howi, A. kimberleyensis, A. leptosomus, A. leucoproctus, A. ligatus, A. longissimus, A. margaretae, A. micrommus, A. minimus, A. nema, A. nigrescens, A. nigroterminatus, A. pilbarensis, A. pinguis, A. proximus, A. robertsi, A. silvia, A. splendidus, A. torresianus, A. tovelli, A. troglodytes, A. unguirostris, A. waitii, A. wiedii, A. yampiensis, and A. yirrikalae (Table 3). Broad molecular sampling of populations within Australia has shown that the true species diversity is even greater, likely exceeding 100 species (Marin et al. 2013b) (Fig. 2). Distribution. Anilios is distributed almost entirely in Australia, with two species occurring additionally in New Guinea (A. leucoproctus and A. torresianus) and a third species occurring only in New Guinea (A. erycinus). Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the Greek an- (not) and noun helios (sun), in reference to the below-ground lifestyle of these snakes. Remarks. Wallach (2006) named Austrotyphlops for this Australian clade, but Anilios is an earlier, available name. To diagnose the clade, Wallach (2006) used two reproductive traits that had been discussed in the literature previously (Robb 1966; McDowell 1974), for the more inclusive clade of Ramphotyphlops s.l.: a solid, awn-like protrusible hemipenis and retrocloacal sacs. Therefore, those characters are not diagnostic of the Australian clade (here, Anilios), as pointed out recently (Savage & Boundy 2012). Also, Savage & Boundy (2012) clariied the type species of Anilios. The current molecular phylogenies (Figs. 1–2) contain 27 of the 44 described species, which is a relatively large percentage of the genus, and those 27 species may actually represent 56–92 species based on molecular data (Marin et al. 2013a; Marin et al. 2013b). Our molecular phylogenies (Figs. 1–2) indicate that Anilios polygrammicus is a polyphyletic species, with the Australian populations (Queensland) belonging to Anilios and the Lesser Sunda Islands populations (including the type locality on Timor) belonging to another genus, Sundatyphlops (see below). With S. polygrammicus removed from Anilios, the only available name for the populations from northeastern Australia is Anilios torresianus (type locality, Murray Island, Queensland). We also assign populations from nearby southern New Guinea to this species. We suspect that further study will reveal that both Sundatyphlops polygrammicus and Anilios torresianus are complexes of species, based on their distribution on multiple Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 33 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article * * * Anilios ganei SH36 Anilios ganei SH37 Anilios ganei SH38 Anilios ganei SH39 Anilios ligatus SH69 Anilios ligatus SH71 Anilios ligatus SH70 Anilios ligatus SH72 Anilios troglodytes SH85 Anilios kimberleyensis SH66 Anilios kimberleyensis SH64 Anilios kimberleyensis SH63 Anilios kimberleyensis SH65 Anilios torresianus SH82 Anilios torresianus SH81 Anilios bituberculatus SH18 Anilios bituberculatus SH17 Anilios bituberculatus SH16 Anilios bituberculatus SH19 Anilios bituberculatus SH20 Anilios nigrescens SH74 Anilios nigrescens SH745 Anilios nigrescens SH76 Anilios nigrescens SH77 Anilios nigrescens SH78 Anilios unguirostris SH86 Anilios unguirostris SH87 Anilios unguirostris SH88 Anilios unguirostris SH89 Anilios guentheri SH50 Anilios guentheri SH49 Anilios guentheri SH51 Anilios guentheri SH52 Anilios guentheri SH53 Anilios guentheri SH54 Anilios howi SH62 Anilios affinis SH1 Anilios grypus SH48 Anilios wiedii SH92 Anilios ammodytes SH5 Anilios ammodytes SH11 Anilios ammodytes SH2 Anilios ammodytes SH8 Anilios ammodytes SH6 Anilios ammodytes SH7 Anilios ammodytes SH10 Anilios ammodytes SH14 Anilios ammodytes SH3 Anilios ammodytes SH9 Anilios diversus SH25 Anilios diversus SH24 Anilios diversus SH26 Anilios diversus SH28 Anilios diversus SH29 Anilios diversus SH23 Anilios diversus SH31 Anilios diversus SH30 Anilios diversus SH27 Anilios grypus SH42 Anilios grypus SH43 Anilios grypus SH41 Anilios grypus SH40 Anilios grypus SH44 Anilios grypus SH45 Anilios grypus SH47 Anilios grypus SH46 Anilios leptosomus SH67 Anilios longissimus SH73 Anilios leptosomus SH68 Anilios proximus SH83 Anilios hamatus SH57 Anilios hamatus SH55 Anilios hamatus SH56 Anilios hamatus SH60 Anilios hamatus SH59 Anilios hamatus SH58 Anilios hamatus SH61 Anilios endoterus SH34 Anilios endoterus SH35 Anilios endoterus SH33 Anilios endoterus SH32 Anilios pilbarensis SH79 Anilios waitii SH91 Anilios waitii SH90 Anilios centralis SH22 Anilios centralis SH21 Anilios australis SH13 Anilios australis SH12 Anilios bicolor SH15 Anilios bicolor SH14 Anilios pinguis SH80 Anilios silvia SH84 Sundatyphlops polygrammicus * * * * * * * * * ** * * * ** * * * * * * * * 0.04 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Figure 2. Phylogenetic ML tree of typhlopid snakes from Australia and nearby areas based on an analysis of DNA sequences of 3 nuclear protein-coding genes and 3 mitochondrial genes (data set B). Nodes with asterisks are supported by posterior probability > 95% and ML bootstrap probability > 70%. The tree is rooted with Acutotyphlops subocularis (not shown). Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 34 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article land masses. Genus Asiatyphlops gen. nov. Southeast Asian Blindsnakes Type species. Typhlops mülleri Schlegel, 1839:39. Diagnosis. Species of Asiatyphlops have (1) eye, distinct (rarely indistinct), (2) snout, rounded, (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, incompletely divided (sometimes completely divided), (6) nasal suture origin, 2nd supralabial, (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent, (8) postoculars, 2–3 (rarely, 4–5; average, 2.69), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3 (sometimes 3rd only), (10) midbody scale rows, 20–30 (average, 23.2), (11) scale row reduction, present (sometimes absent), (12) total scale rows, 246–520 (average, 339), (13) caudals, 5–26 (average, 11.1), (14) maximum total length, 130–430 (average, 243) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 26–70 (average, 35.2), (16) total length/tail length, 42–100 (average, 65.6), (17) dorsal color, shades of brown (golden-brown, olive-brown, blackish-brown, yellowish-brown, grayish-olive, or blue), (18) ventral color, nearly always yellow or yellowish (white, cream, yellow, yellowish-tan, yellowish-brown, bright yellow, or pale brown), (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, uniform, but sometimes with a dark lineate pattern (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Fig. 1). From other genera of Asiatyphlopinae, Asiatyphlops difers from Acutotyphlops in lacking a frontorostral and from Cyclotyphlops in having non-circular head scales (versus circular arrangement). It difers from Grypotyphlops in lacking subocular scales. It difers from Acutotyphlops, Malayotyphlops, and Grypotyphlops in having fewer average midbody scale rows (23.2 versus 26.8–30.4). It difers from Anilios, Grypotyphlops, and Sundatyphlops in having fewer total scale rows (339 versus 466–496, averages). It difers from Anilios, Grypotyphlops, Indotyphlops, Ramphotyphlops, Sundatyphlops, and Xerotyphlops in having a robust body (TL/MBD = 35.2 versus 45.5–57.6 in those other genera; averages). It difers from most genera except Grypotyphlops and Xerotyphlops in having a relatively short tail (TL/TA = 65.6 versus 31.5–51.0; averages). Compared with Indotyphlops, species of Asiatyphlops are larger (average of maximum TLs among species, 243 versus 175 mm), thicker-bodied (TL/MBD = 35.2 versus 57.6, averages), shorter-tailed (TL/TA = 65.6 versus 46.4, averages), always have >1 postocular scale (versus usually 1), and have more midbody scale rows (average, 23.2 versus 19.4). Also, they nearly always have yellow on the venter (versus lacking a yellowish venter in Indotyphlops, except one species). Content. Thirteen species: Asiatyphlops bothriorhynchus, A. diardii, A. fuscus, A. giadinhensis, A. klemmeri, A. koshunensis, A. leucomelas, A. muelleri, A. oatesii, A. roxaneae, A. siamensis, A. tenuicollis, and A. trangensis (Table 3). Distribution. Asiatyphlops is broadly distributed in southern and southeastern Asia, including Bangladesh, Cambodia, southern China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Unlike Indotyphlops, it does not have a major presence in peninsular India or Sri Lanka. Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the adjective asianus (a, um; i.e., ‘from Asia’) and the Greek noun typhlops (the blind). Remarks. Blindsnakes from southern and southeast Asia have been diicult to classify in the past using morphology (Taylor 1965; McDowell 1974; Khan 1999; Wallach 1999; 2000; Wallach & Pauwels 2004). The molecular phylogenetic evidence (Vidal et al. 2010; Marin et al. 2013a; Marin et al. 2013b) (Figs 1, 2) has assisted greatly, even though species sampling is still sparse. Those molecular data show that three major groups are present on the mainland of southern and southeast Asia: Gerrhopilidae (Vidal et al. 2010), Asiatyphlops, and Indotyphlops. Snakes of the genus Asiatyphlops are stout-bodied with 1 postocular scale, high midbody scale rows (usually >20), short tails, and yellow venters. Indotyphlops are thin-bodied blindsnakes with >1 postocular scale, low midbody scale rows (usually 18–20), longer tails, and venters that are pale but not yellow. Geographically, members of Asiatyphlops are primarily distributed in Southeast Asia as far west as northeastern India (Assam) and with one species (A. leucomelas) occurring in Sri Lanka. Other species in Sri Lanka and peninsular India are allocated to Indotyphlops, and therefore we have some reservation in the generic assignment of A. leucomelas. However, the species is conCaribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 35 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article sistent with the diagnostic characters of Asiatyphlops. We chose Typhlops mülleri Schlegel as type species because it is in our molecular phylogeny and has a precise type locality (Padang, Sumatra). Genus Cyclotyphlops in den Bosch & Ineich, 1994 Sulawesi Blindsnakes Type species. Cyclotyphlops deharvengi in den Bosch & Ineich, 1994: 208, by monotypy. Diagnosis. The single species of Cyclotyphlops has (1) eye, distinct, (2) snout, rounded, (3) head scale arrangement, circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, junction of 1st and 2nd supralabial, (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, present, (8) postoculars, 1, (9) preocular-labial contact, absent, (10) midbody scale rows, 22, (11) scale row reduction, present, (12) total scale rows, 294, (13) caudals, unreported, (14) maximum total length, 146 mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 35.1, (16) total length/tail length, 32.3, (17) dorsal color, dark brown, (18) ventral color, brown, (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, patternless (Tables 1–2); no molecular phylogenetic information is available. Cyclotyphlops difers from all other genera in the Asiatyphlopinae in having a circular arrangement of head scales (in den Bosch & Ineich 1994). Content. One species: Cyclotyphlops deharvengi (Table 3). Distribution. Cyclotyphlops is distributed on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the Greek nouns kyklos (circle) and typhlops (the blind), in reference to the circular arrangement of head scales in this species. Remarks. Although this genus stands out in terms of head scalation, the same can be said of Acutotyphlops, yet the latter genus is nested deeply within Asiatyphlopinae. For that reason, there is no justiication yet to recognize Cyclotyphlops as a separate family. However, until more material becomes available, including DNA sequence data, its assignment to the Asiatyphlopinae remains tentative. Genus Grypotyphlops Peters, 1881 Indian Beaked Blindsnakes Type species. Onychocephalus acutus Duméril & Bibron, 1844:333, by original designation. Diagnosis. Species of Grypotyphlops have (1) eye, distinct or indistinct, (2) snout, beaked, (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely or incompletely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, 2nd supralabial, (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, present, (8) postoculars, 4 (rarely 3 or 5; average, 4.0), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3, (10) midbody scale rows, 24–30, (11) scale row reduction, present, (12) total scale rows, 448–526 (average, 487), (13) caudals, 7–13 (average, 10.0), (14) maximum total length, 630 mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 30–66 (average, 48.0), (16) total length/tail length, 17–133 (average, 75.1), (17) dorsal color, gray, brown, or golden brown, (18) ventral color, grayish-white, yellow, or pale brown, (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, coloration is uniform, although pale scale centers may appear as weakly-deined lines (Tables 1–2); no molecular phylogenetic information is available. From other genera of Asiatyphlopinae except Acutotyphlops and Cyclotyphlops, Grypotyphlops difers in having subocular scales (versus absent). Grypotyphlops difers from Acutotyphlops in lacking a frontorostral and from Cyclotyphlops in having non-circular head scales (versus circular arrangement). Although one species of Xerotyphlops has a subocular scale, Grypotyphlops difers from that genus in having more postoculars (3–5 versus 2), more midbody scale rows (29 versus 23.5, averages), and more total scale rows (448–526 versus 206–435). At 630 mm TL, Grypotyphlops also stands out in its large size. Content. One species: Grypotyphlops acutus (Table 3). Distribution. Grypotyphlops is distributed in peninsular India south of the Ganges and Rajputana river basins. Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 36 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the Greek adjective grypos (hook-nosed) and Greek noun typhlops (the blind), in reference to the beaked snouts of these blindsnakes. Remarks. We agree with Dixon & Hendricks (1979) that the type locality of another beaked blindsnake, Onychocephalus unilineatus Duméril & Bibron, is in error and unlikely from French Guiana. We also agree with Wallach (2003) that O. unilineatus is a synonym of Grypotyphlops acutus, and that recognition of Grypotyphlops is warranted based on morphology. Genus Indotyphlops gen. nov. South Asian Blindsnakes Type species. Typhlops pammeces Günther, 1864:444. Diagnosis. Species of Indotyphlops have (1) eye, distinct (sometimes indistinct), (2) snout, rounded, (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely or incompletely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, 2nd supralabial (sometimes preocular, or rarely 1st supralabial), (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent, (8) postoculars, 1 in all 18 species recorded, but variable (1–2) in 1 of those species, (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3 (sometimes 3rd only), (10) midbody scale rows, 18–20 (22 in 1 species; average, 19.4), (11) scale row reduction, absent (sometimes present), (12) total scale rows, 229–468 (average, 345), (13) caudals, 7–15 (average, 10.8), (14) maximum total length, 91–285 (average, 175) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 28–130 (average, 57.6), (16) total length/tail length, 22.3–76 (average, 46.4), (17) dorsal color, shades of brown (sometimes cream, gray, yellowish-brown, reddish brown, lavender-gray, or black), (18) ventral color, variable (white, cream, pale brown, lavender-gray), (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, uniform, but often with a darker median row of scales giving a slight lineate appearance (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Fig. 1). From other genera of Asiatyphlopinae, Indotyphlops difers in having a single postocular (versus 2 or more). Exceptions are Cyclotyphlops, 3 species of Anilios, and 3 species of Ramphotyphlops. It also has the lowest number of midbody scales (19.4 versus 20.1–30.4 in others; averages), and no scale reduction (6 of 7 species recorded; versus reduction present in Acutotyphlops, Cyclotyphlops, Malayotyphlops, Grypotyphlops, and Xerotyphlops). In total length, Indotyphlops is one of the smallest genera (TL = 175 mm versus > 243 mm in all others except Cyclotyphlops). It is also the thinnest genus in the subfamily (TL/MBD = 57.6 versus < 56 in other genera). Indotyphlops lacks yellow on the venter (except one species) whereas Asiatyphlops, with which it is broadly sympatric, has yellow on the venter. Content. Twenty-two species: Indotyphlops ahsanai, I. albiceps, I. braminus, I. exiguus, I. iliformis, I. letcheri, I. hypsobothrius, I. jerdoni, I. khoratensis, I. lankaensis, I. lazelli, I. loveridgei, I. madgemintonae, I. malcolmi, I. meszoelyi, I. ozakiae, I. pammeces, I. porrectus, I. schmutzi, I. tenebrarum, I. veddae, and I. violaceus (Table 3). Distribution. Indotyphlops is broadly distributed in southern and southeastern Asia, including Bhutan, Cambodia, southern China, India and Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Most species occur in South Asia, especially India and Sri Lanka. One invasive species, I. braminus, now has a nearly global distribution. Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the adjective indianus (a, um; i.e., ‘from India’) and the Greek noun typhlops (the blind). Remarks. Blindsnakes from southern and southeastern Asia have proven especially diicult to classify in the past using morphology, such that there has been little agreement (McDowell 1974; Khan 1999; Wallach 1999; 2000; Wallach & Pauwels 2004). Species have generally been placed in two genera, Ramphotyphlops and Typhlops. However, with molecular phylogenetic evidence, Vidal et al. (2010) showed that the “Typhlops ater Group” represents a well-deined and deeply-divergent lineage that they named as a separate family, Gerrhopilidae. That study and subsequent molecular studies (Marin et al. 2013a; Marin et al. 2013b) (Figs. 1, 2) have allowed us to further clarify the taxonomy, while recognizing that molecular sampling is still sparse. In addition to allocating species to Anilios, Malayotyphlops, Ramphotyphlops s.s., and Sundatyphlops, we have erected Asiatyphlops and Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 37 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Indotyphlops for the remaining species, most of which occur on the mainland of southern and southeast Asia. The relationships of species within Indotyphlops are not yet established, but the close relationship of the globally invasive species I. braminus to an Indian species (I. pammeces) suggests an origin in India. See also Remarks for Asiatyphlops concerning allocation of A. leucomelas. Genus Malayotyphlops gen. nov. Malay Archipelago Blindsnakes Type species. Typhlops luzonensis Taylor, 1919:105. Diagnosis. Species of Malayotyphlops have (1) eye, distinct (rarely indistinct), (2) snout, rounded, (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, incompletely divided (sometimes completely divided), (6) nasal suture origin, 2nd supralabial (rarely, 1st supralabial), (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent (rarely present), (8) postoculars, 2–4 (average, 2.75), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3 or 3rd only (rarely 2nd only), (10) midbody scale rows, 24–30 (average, 26.8), (11) scale row reduction, present, (12) total scale rows, 300–461 (average, 367), (13) caudals, 9–14 (average, 11.9), (14) maximum total length, 122–445 (average, 256) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 31–58 (average, 42.0), (16) total length/tail length, 28–71 (average, 51.8), (17) dorsal color, variable (brown, gray-brown, reddish brown, greenish-black, black), (18) ventral color, variable (cream, yellowish, red, pink, pinkish-yellow), (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, patternless or with longitudinal lines, series of spots, or collar (Tables 1–2); only one species is included in the molecular phylogeny (Fig. 1). In lacking a protrusible hemipenis and retrocloacal sacs (McDowell 1974), Malayotyphlops is separated from most other blindsnakes occurring in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Australasia, and the western Paciic: Acutotyphlops, Anilios, Cyclotyphlops, Ramphotyphlops, and Sundatyphlops. From other genera of Asiatyphlopinae, Malayotyphlops difers from Acutotyphlops in lacking a frontorostral and from Cyclotyphlops in having non-circular head scales (versus circular arrangement). It difers from Grypotyphlops in lacking subocular scales. It difers from Cyclotyphlops and Indotyphlops in having more postoculars (2.75 versus 1.0–1.03; averages). It difers from Anilios, Cyclotyphlops, Indotyphlops, Ramphotyphlops, Sundatyphlops, and Xerotyphlops in having higher average midbody scale rows (26.8 versus 19.4–23.5). It difers from Anilios, Grypotyphlops, and Sundatyphlops in having fewer total scale rows (367 versus 466–496, averages) and smaller body size (TL = 256 versus 353–630; averages). See also comments below regarding other potential diagnostic characters. Content. Ten species: Malayotyphlops canlaonensis, M. castanotus, M. collaris, M. hypogius, M. koekkoeki, M. kraali, M. luzonensis, M. manilae, M. ruber, and M. ruicauda (Table 3). Distribution. Malayotyphlops is distributed widely in the Malay Archipelago, including the Philippines (7 species), Bunyu Island of of northern Borneo (1 species), and Seram and Kai in the Maluku Islands (1 species). Etymology. The generic name is a masculine compound noun formed from the adjective malayanus (a, um; i.e., ‘from the Malay Archipelago’) and the Greek noun typhlops (the blind). Remarks. This genus corresponds to the “Typhlops ruicauda Group” of McDowell (1974), who pointed out the reduction in the second supralabial in these species as a potential diagnostic character. This is also relected in our scoring of preocular-labial contact with supralabial 3 (only) in 5 of the 8 species, instead of the usual contact with supralabials 2–3. Other potential diagnostic characters include the absence of a rectal caecum and fusion of glandular lines underlying the postnasal and preocular (McDowell 1974; Wynn & Leviton 1993), although more taxa will need to be surveyed to assess the usefulness of these characters. In the past, several authors incorrectly amended, as ruicaudus, the species name (a noun) of Malayotyphlops ruicauda to match the gender of the genus. Although Taylor (1919) placed “Typhlops manilae” in the “ater Group,” now Gerrhopilidae (Vidal et al. 2010), we place it in Malayotyphlops. Taylor’s only reason for that placement was presence of a subocular scale. Subocular scales are common (not constant) in Gerrhopilidae but they are also common in several other genera and rare in yet other genera. Otherwise, the characters of M. manilae are more consistent with traits of Malayotyphlops, especially Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 38 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article in high midbody scale rows (28, versus 18 in Gerrhopilidae) and short tail (TL/TA = 56 versus ~20–30). Genus Ramphotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 Western Paciic Blindsnakes Type species. Typhlops multilineatus Schlegel, 1839:40, by original designation. Diagnosis. Species of Ramphotyphlops have (1) eye, distinct (rarely indistinct), (2) snout, rounded or beaked, (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely or incompletely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, supralabial 2 (sometimes 1 or 1/2 suture), (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent (rarely present), (8) postoculars, 2–3 (rarely 1; average, 2.15), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2–3 (rarely 3 only or fused with ocular or nasal), (10) midbody scale rows, 18–30 (average, 21.7), (11) scale row reduction, present or absent, (12) total scale rows, 206–653 (average, 419), (13) caudals, 8–36 (average, 19.8), (14) maximum total length, 117–480 (average, 302) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 18–91.5 (average, 48.8), (16) total length/ tail length, 16.7–70 (average, 31.8), (17) dorsal color, usually dark brown (sometimes medium brown, tan, gray, or purplish), (18) ventral color, usually cream or yellowish-white (sometimes gray-green, pinkish, tan, or brown), (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, usually either patternless or with longitudinal lines (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Fig. 1). Ramphotyphlops is part of a larger, more inclusive clade (Ramphotyphlops s.l.) that shares a solid, awnlike protrusible hemipenis and retrocloacal sacs (Robb 1966; McDowell 1974), although not all species have been examined for those traits. Presumably these characters distinguish it from other genera in the Asiatyphlopinae, except those three genera formerly in Ramphotyphlops s.l. and thus the closest relatives of Ramphotyphlops s.s.: Acutotyphlops, Anilios, and Sundatyphlops. From Acutotyphlops, Ramphotyphlops can be distinguished by lacking a frontorostral scale. From Anilios, it can be distinguished by its smaller maximum size (mean among species, 302 versus 354 mm TL), higher mean number of midbody scales (21.7 versus 20.1), and longer tails (TL/TA = 31.8 versus 49.7; averages). From Sundatyphlops, it can be distinguished by its smaller maximum size (302 versus 395 mm TL; only R. angusticeps, 455 mm TL, has a greater maximum size). Content. Twenty-one species: Ramphotyphlops acuticauda, R. adocetus, R. angusticeps, R. becki, R. conradi, R. cumingii, R. depressus, R. exocoeti, R. laviventer, R. hatmaliyeb, R. lineatus, R. lorenzi, R. melanocephalus, R. mansuetus, R. marxi, R. multilineatus, R. olivaceus, R. similis, R. suluensis, R. supranasalis, and R. willeyi (Table 3). Distribution. Ramphotyphlops is distributed broadly on many islands in the western Paciic Ocean, north and south of the Equator (especially in Indonesia, New Guinea, Philippines, and the Solomon Islands, but on many other islands as well) and with one species occurring in Southeast Asia. Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the Greek adjective ramphos (curved beak or bill) and Greek noun typhlops (the blind), in reference to the pointed or beak-like snout in most species of this genus. Remarks. We include Ramphotyphlops conradi (Sulawesi), usually assigned to Typhlops, because it shares more characters with this genus than with others, and because of its distribution. We also place Cathetorhinus melanocephalus in this genus, contra Wallach & Pauwels (2008). Those authors argued that it was excluded from Ramphotyphlops because it has a diferent supralabial imbrication pattern, broad rostral, lack of superior nasal suture, and black head. Those scalation characters are unusual, although they are likely inter-related in an evolutionary sense, and thus not trenchant. Otherwise most of the characters of this species are consistent with the genus Ramphotyphlops, including beaked head, low midbody scales, no scale reduction, high total scale rows, high caudals, and long tail. Genus Sundatyphlops gen. nov. Lesser Sunda Blindsnakes Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 39 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Type species. Typhlops polygrammicus Schlegel, 1839:40. Diagnosis. Species of Sundatyphlops have (1) eye, distinct, (2) snout, rounded, (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, incompletely or completely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, supralabial 1, 2, or 1/2 suture, (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, unreported, (8) postoculars, unreported, (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2–3, (10) midbody scale rows, 22, (11) scale row reduction, unreported, (12) total scale rows, 496, (13) caudals, 16, (14) maximum total length, 395 mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 33–58 (average, 45.5), (16) total length/tail length, 15–52 (average, 33.3), (17) dorsal color, usually dark brown, olive, olive gray, or pale yellow, (18) ventral color, whitish, whitish-pink, or pale yellow, (19) dorsum darker than (rarely similar to) venter, (20) pattern of longitudinal dark lines on yellow ground color, sometimes with same lineate pattern (but paler) on venter (Tables 1–2); only one species is included in the molecular phylogeny (Fig. 1). As noted in the previous account, Sundatyphlops shares with Acutotyphlops, Anilios, and Ramphotyphlops a solid, awn-like protrusible hemipenis and retrocloacal sacs (Robb 1966; McDowell 1974), although not all species have been examined for those traits. From Acutotyphlops, Sundatyphlops can be distinguished by lacking a frontorostral scale. From Anilios, it can be distinguished by its larger maximum size (mean among species, 395 versus 353 mm TL), higher mean number of midbody scales (22 versus 20.1), and longer tails (TL/TA = 33.3 versus 49.7; averages). From Ramphotyphlops, it can be distinguished by its higher total scale rows (496 versus 419; averages) and larger maximum size (395 versus 302 mm TL; only R. angusticeps, 455 mm TL, has a greater maximum size). Content. A single species, Sundatyphlops polygrammicus (Table 3). Distribution. Sundatyphlops is distributed in the Lesser Sunda Islands, including Flores, Komodo, Lombok, Moyo (near Sumbawa), Sumba, Sumbawa, and Timor-Leste, and West Timor (De Lang 2011). Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the adjective sundanus (a, um; i.e., ‘from Sunda’) and the Greek noun typhlops (the blind). Remarks. See Remarks for Anilios regarding our distinction of the Lesser Sunda populations of Anilios polygrammicus s.l. as a species distinct from populations inhabiting northeastern Australia (Queensland) and southern New Guinea which we assign to Anilios torresianus (comb. nov.). Not only are they diferent species, but we place them in diferent genera. Remarkably, the species A. torresianus is more closely related to all other Australian species (potentially 90+ species; Fig. 2) than it is to populations once considered conspeciic, here called Sundatyphlops polygrammicus. Two potentially diagnostic characters identiied by us are total middorsal scales (496 in S. polygrammicus versus 365 in A. torresianus) and the pattern of 11 black lines on a yellow ground color that gave S. polygrammicus its name (versus a braided pattern of pale-edged scales in A. torresianus). However, both species are in need of more systematic work, as it is quite likely that each is complex of species, given their distributions on multiple land masses. Several synonyms exist for S. polygrammicus (type locality, “Timor”), which we consider as subspecies following De Lang (2011): S. p. elberti (Roux 1911) from Lombok, S. p. lorensis (Boulenger 1897) from Flores, S. p. brongersmai (Mertens 1929) from Sumba, S. p. undecimlineatus (Mertens 1927) from Sumbawa; S. soensis (De Jong 1930) from Timor apparently is a synonym of S. p. polygrammicus. See also accounts by Mertens (1929) and Focart (1953), and allocation of subspecies to islands by De Lang (2011). As McDowell (1974) pointed out, most authors who have reviewed specimens of A. polygrammicus s.l. in the past have confused characters of diferent populations (here, diferent genera). Hence a careful review of the museum material is needed. Here, we use only character data noted from specimens of known locality. The lineate pattern was described for snakes from Flores (S. p. lorensis), Sumbawa (S. p. undecimlineatus), and Lombok (S. p. elberti), with apparently only faint lines in Sumba snakes (S. p. brongersmai). The brief description of the type material by Schlegel (1839), from Timor, does not mention lines speciically, although his name (polygrammicus) infers that it was also lineate. However, he mentioned that the dark brown scales have a “yellow edge,” and by that it must be inferred that the lines are one scale wide and formed by parallel yellow edges that do not include the scale tip. This is an important distinction, because populations in Australia previously confused with S. polygrammicus have a braided pattern (Cogger 2000), whereby the entire scale edge is pale, instead of just the parallel edges. Considering all of this, and that the lineate Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 40 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article pattern has been associated with snakes from widely scattered localities in the Lesser Sunda Islands, we assume, tentatively, that it is diagnostic of this species and genus, even if it was not explicitly mentioned in all accounts. Our DNA sample comes from Moyo, an islet of of Sumbawa, and presumably S. p. undecimlineatus (De Lang 2011). Genus Xerotyphlops gen. nov. Desert Blindsnakes Type species. Typhlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820:158. Diagnosis. Species of Xerotyphlops have (1) eye, distinct, (2) snout, rounded, (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, incompletely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, supralabial 2, (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent (rarely present), (8) postoculars, 2 (average, 2.0), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3, (10) midbody scale rows, 20–24 (average, 23.5), (11) scale row reduction, present, (12) total scale rows, 206–435 (average, 355), (13) caudals, 10–16 (average, 13.0), (14) maximum total length, 220–350 (average, 292) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 37–55 (average, 45.6), (16) total length/tail length, 88, (17) dorsal color, whitish or brown, (18) ventral color, whitish, cream, or brown, (19) dorsum darker than (or same as) venter, (20) overall, either patternless or darker longitudinal lines, (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Fig. 1). From other genera of Asiatyphlopinae, Xerotyphlops has the shortest tail (TL/TA = 87.7 versus 31.1–75.1; averages). It difers from Acutotyphlops in lacking a frontorostral and from Cyclotyphlops in having non-circular head scales (versus circular arrangement). It difers from Grypotyphlops in lacking subocular scales (rarely present). It difers from Cyclotyphlops and Indotyphlops in having more postoculars (2.00 versus 1.0–1.03; averages). It difers from Anilios, Indotyphlops, and Ramphotyphlops in having higher average midbody scale rows (23.5 versus 19.4– 21.7; averages). It difers from Anilios, Grypotyphlops, and Sundatyphlops in having fewer total scale rows (355 versus 466–496; averages) and smaller body size (TL = 292 versus 353–630; averages). It difers from Malayotyphlops in having lower average midbody scales (23.5 versus 26.8; averages). It difers from Asiatyphlops and Cyclotyphlops in having a thinner body (TL/MBD = 45.6 versus 35.1–35.2; averages). Content. Four species: Xerotyphlops etheridgei, X. socotranus, X. vermicularis, and X. wilsoni (Table 3). Distribution. Xerotyphlops is distributed in xeric regions of three continents, including the Sahara Desert and Socotra Island (Africa), southwestern Asia, and southeastern Europe. Although the genus occurs in xeric regions, at least one species (X. vermicularis) apparently prefers more humid microhabitats (Kornilios et al. 2011), which is not uncommon for organisms occurring in desert regions. Another species, X. socotranus, often inhabits areas with little moisture and vegetation (Rösler & Wranik 2004; Razzetti et al. 2011). Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the Greek adjective xeros (desert) and Greek noun typhlops (the blind), in reference to the desert region where these species occur. As an alternate meaning, the rarity of species in this large region could be described as a ‘blindsnake desert.’ Remarks. The molecular phylogeny of Vidal et al. (2010), and the updated phylogeny here (Fig. 1), show that Xerotyphlops is an early ofshoot of typhlopid snakes. We include Xerotyphlops etheridgei from Mauritania, which is a geographic outlier (Wallach 2002), and X. wilsoni, known only from the lost holotype (McDiarmid et al. 1999). A photograph in life of X. socotranus shows the lineate pattern (Razzetti et al. 2011). There are likely additional species confused within X. vermicularis (Kornilios et al. 2011; Kornilios et al. 2013). Subfamily Madatyphlopinae subfam. nov. Malagasy Blindsnakes Type genus. Madatyphlops gen. nov. Diagnosis. As for the genus. Content. One genus: Madatyphlops gen. nov. (Table 3). Distribution. Madatyphlopinae is only known from Madagascar. Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 41 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Etymology. As for the genus. Genus Madatyphlops gen. nov. Malagasy Blindsnakes Type species. Onychocephalus arenarius Grandidier, 1872:9. Diagnosis. Species of Madatyphlops have (1) eye, distinct, (2) snout, rounded, (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, incompletely (sometimes completely) divided, (6) nasal suture origin, supralabial 2, (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent, (8) postoculars, 2–3 (rarely 1 or 4; average, 2.27), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3, (10) midbody scale rows, 20–28 (average, 22.9), (11) scale row reduction, present or absent, (12) total scale rows, 252–600 (average, 429), (13) caudals, 6–18 (average, 11.2), (14) maximum total length, 176–600 (average, 320) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 27–85 (average, 45.6), (16) total length/tail length, 33–125 (average, 53.7), (17) dorsal color, usually brown but variable (sometimes white, pink, cream, yellow, gray), (18) ventral color, variable (white, pink, cream, yellow, gray, brown), (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, usually patternless (rarely with line or yellow nuchal collar) (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Fig. 1). Madatyphlops is distinguished from all genera of Afrotyphlopinae in having fewer postocular scales (2.27 versus 3.68), fewer midbody scales (22.9 versus 24.8), smaller body size (320 versus 403 mm TL), and longer tails (TL/TA = 53.7 versus 68.2; averages). It is distinguished from all genera of Typhlopinae in having more postocular scales (2.27 versus 1.66), more midbody scales (22.9 versus 20.3), more total scale rows (429 versus 369; averages), and larger body size (320 versus 264 mm TL). Madatyphlops is distinguished from individual genera of Asiatyphlopinae in the following ways: Acutotyphlops has a frontorostral and complete nasal division (versus absent, and suture incomplete), Cyclotyphlops has a circular arrangement of head scales (versus non-circular), Grypotyphlops has suboculars present (versus absent), Indotyphlops has 1 postocular (versus 2–3), Asiatyphlops, Malayotyphlops, and Xerotyphlops have fewer average total scale rows (339, 367, and 355 versus 429), Ramphotyphlops and Sundatyphlops have longer tails (TL/TA = 31.8 and 33.3 versus 53.7; averages), and Anilios has a solid, awn-like protrusible hemipenis and retrocloacal sacs (versus non-protrusible hemipenis and retrocloacal sacs absent). Xenotyphlopidae (Xenotyphlops) also occurs on Madagascar, but it difers from Madatyphlops in having a circular rostral scale and single enlarged anal shield (Vidal et al. 2010). Content. Eleven species: Madatyphlops andasibensis, M. arenarius, M. boettgeri, M. decorsei, M. domerguei, M. madagascariensis, M. microcephalus, M. mucronatus, M. ocularis, M. rajeryi, and M. reuteri (Table 3). Distribution. Madatyphlops is known only from Madagascar. Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the adjective madagascarianus (a, um; ‘from Madagascar’) and the Greek noun typhlops (the blind). Remarks. Madatyphlops is represented in the molecular phylogeny of Vidal et al. (2010), and in the tree here (Fig. 1), by two described species: M. andasibensis and M. arenarius. These two species are consistent with other typhlopid species in Madagascar, previously assigned to the genus Typhlops (McDiarmid et al. 1999; Glaw & Vences 2007; Vidal et al. 2010), in having a distinct eye, rounded snout, lacking suboculars, having the nasal suture origin at the 2nd supralabial, and in having the nasal incompletely divided (completely divided in M. ocularis). Although variable in color, they tend to lack a pattern (Glaw & Vences 2007). Subfamily Typhlopinae Merrem, 1820 New World Blindsnakes Type genus. Typhlops Oppel, 1811. Diagnosis. Members of this subfamily have (1) eye, distinct (sometimes indistinct), (2) snout, rounded (rarely acuminate), (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely divided Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 42 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article (sometimes incompletely divided), (6) nasal suture origin, supralabial 2 (rarely 1 or 1/2 suture), (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent (rarely present), (8) postoculars 1–4 (average, 1.66), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3 or 3rd only (rarely none), (10) midbody scale rows, 16–24 (average, 20.3), (11) scale row reduction, present or absent, (12) total scale rows, 170–629 (average, 369), (13) caudals, 6–22 (average, 11.7), (14) maximum total length, 101–522 (average, 264) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 16–77 (average, 42.7), (16) total length/ tail length, 18–270 (average, 48.7), (17) dorsal color, brown (sometimes cream, tan, yellowish, or unpigmented), (18) ventral color, unpigmented (sometimes white, cream, or rarely brown), (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, usually patternless snakes, but rarely with indistinct spots, lines, and reticulations (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Figs. 1, 3). The subfamily Typhlopinae is distinguished from Afrotyphlopinae in having fewer postocular scales (1.66 versus 3.69; averages), fewer midbody scales (20.3 versus 24.8), fewer total scale rows (369 versus 437), smaller body size (264 versus 403 mm TL), stouter body (TL/MBD 42.7 versus 52.4), and longer tails (TL/TA 48.7 versus 68.2). It is distinguished from Asiatyphlopinae in having fewer postocular scales (1.66 versus 2.19), fewer midbody scales (20.3 versus 21.8), and fewer total scale rows (369 versus 408). It is distinguished from the Madatyphlopinae in having fewer postocular scales (1.66 versus 2.27), fewer midbody scales (20.3 versus 22.9), fewer total scale rows (369 versus 429), and smaller body size (264 versus 320 mm TL). Content. Four genera: Amerotyphlops gen. nov., Antillotyphlops gen. nov. , Cubatyphlops gen. nov., and Typhlops Oppel 811 (Table 3). Distribution. The subfamily Typhlopinae is distributed in the New World tropics, from eastern Mexico (Veracruz) to southern South America (Bolivia and Argentina), with a large radiation on Caribbean islands. Etymology. The subfamily name derives from the genus Typhlops, which is a Greek noun (the blind). Remarks. This is the best known subfamily of blindsnakes, because it is the most densely sampled group with molecular data. However, no molecular data have been collected for any species of the genus Amerotyphlops in Middle America. Genus Amerotyphlops gen. nov. American Blindsnakes Type species. Typhlops brongersmianus Vanzolini, 1976:247. Diagnosis. Species of Amerotyphlops have (1) eye, distinct or indistinct, (2) snout, rounded, (3) head scale arrangement, non–circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely or incompletely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, supralabial 2 (sometimes 1 or 1/2 suture), (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent (rarely present), (8) postoculars, 1–2 (rarely 3–4, average, 1.69), (9) preocular–labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3, (10) midbody scale rows, 16–22 (average, 19.1), (11) scale row reduction, absent (rarely present), (12) total scale rows, 170–556 (average, 327), (13) caudals, 6–15 (average, 9.4), (14) maximum total length, 101–522 (average, 287) mm, (15) total length/ midbody diameter, 16–77 (average, 38.7), (16) total length/tail length, 23–270 (average, 66.8), (17) dorsal color, brown or yellow, (18) ventral color, white, cream, or yellow, (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall color pattern often consists of spots, lines, reticulations, and/or a band over region of eyes (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Figs. 1, 3). This genus is distinguished from two other genera of the subfamily Typhlopinae, Antillotyphlops and Typhlops, in that the preocular contacts supralabials 2 and 3 (versus preocular contact with supralabial 3 only) (Thomas 1968; 1976; Dixon & Hendricks 1979; Thomas & Hedges 2007). Although Amerotyphlops can be distinguished from those genera, it is more diicult to separate it from the primarily Cuban genus Cubatyphlops. It shares with that genus the preocular contact with supralabials 2 and 3, and presence of a single postocular in some species. However, it can be nearly completely distinguished from Cubatyphlops in total scale rows: there are minimally 453 in 11 of the 12 species of that genus (C. caymanensis, 351–408) whereas in Amerotyphlops, the maximum number of total scale rows is 441, except in one species, A. microstomus (487–556). Concerning the two overlap species, C. Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 43 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article caymanensis is separated from Amerotyphlops in the molecular phylogeny, and A. microstomus is separated from Cubatyphlops in having 2 postoculars instead of 1 postocular. Also, 8 of the 14 species of Amerotyphlops can be distinguished from Cubatyphlops in having either an incompletely divided nasal scale (A. minuisquamus, A. paucisquamus, A. reticulatus, and A. yonenagae) or a patterned (lines or spots) dorsum and/or head (A. brongersmianus, A. minuisquamus, A. paucisquamus, A. reticulatus, A. tasymicris, A. tenuis, A. trinitatus, and A. yonenagae) or both. In Cubatyphlops, the nasal is completely divided and there is no distinct pattern. Content. Fourteen species: Amerotyphlops amoipira, A. brongersmianus, A. costaricensis, A. lehneri, A. microstomus, A. minuisquamus, A. paucisquamus, A. reticulatus, A. stadelmani, A. tasymicris, A. tenuis, A. trinitatus, A. tycherus, and A. yonenagae (Table 3). Distribution. Amerotyphlops is distributed in the New World, primarily on the mainland, ranging from eastern Mexico (Veracruz) to southern South America (Bolivia and Argentina), and includes a West Indian species, A. tasymicris in Grenada and the Grenadines. Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the adjective americanus (a, um; ‘from America’) and Greek noun typhlops (the blind). Remarks. Molecular data are available for only 3 of 14 species in this genus, which remains a gap in knowledge. Nonetheless, the suite of characters shared by the species, noted above, indicates that it is a monophyletic group with a geographic cohesiveness. Genus Antillotyphlops gen. nov. Antillean Blindsnakes Type species. Typhlops hypomethes Hedges & Thomas, 1991:452. Diagnosis. Species of Antillotyphlops have (1) eye, distinct, (2) snout, rounded (rarely acuminate), (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely divided, (6) nasal suture origin, supralabial 2, (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent, (8) postoculars, 2 (rarely 1; average 2.0), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabial 3, (10) midbody scale rows, 16–24 (average, 20.5), (11) scale row reduction, present, (12) total scale rows, 299–499 (average, 378), (13) caudals, 11–14 (average, 12.3), (14) maximum total length, 110–360 (average, 233) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 37–70 (average, 46.8), (16) total length/tail length, 30–61 (average, 44.5), (17) dorsal color, brown, grayish-brown, or yellow, (18) ventral color, white or cream (rarely brown), (19) dorsum darker than venter, and (20) overall, lacking any distinctive pattern (spots, lines, or stripes), although rarely faint trace of lines (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Figs. 1, 3). Antillotyphlops is distinguished from Cubatyphlops by the presence of 2 postoculars (versus 1) and preocular contact with supralabial 3 only (versus contact with supralabials 2 and 3 in Cubatyphlops). The same distinction holds for Antillotyphlops versus the more distantly related Amerotyphlops, although 4 species of that genus have more than 1 postocular (Thomas 1968; 1976; Dixon & Hendricks 1979; Thomas & Hedges 2007). A closer comparison is needed between Antillotyphlops and Typhlops. With a cladistic analysis of morphological characters, Thomas (1989) found that species placed here in the genus Antillotyphlops (A. dominicana, A. granti, A. monensis, and A. richardi) formed a group based on the sharing of attenuate hemipenes, although he included Typhlops sulcatus in that group and placed A. monastus in a separate group with T. jamaicensis (hemipene data are not available for some species). Also, Antillotyphlops have more total scale rows than Typhlops (378 versus 312; averages) and are thinner-bodied (TL/MBD = 46.8 versus 35.9; averages). Content. Twelve species: Antillotyphlops annae, A. catapontus, A. dominicanus, A. geotomus, A. granti, A. guadeloupensis, A. hypomethes, A. monastus, A. monensis, A. naugus, A. platycephalus, and A. richardi (Table 3). Distribution. Antillotyphlops is distributed on islands in the eastern Caribbean, including Puerto Rico (and its satellite islets), the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Lesser Antilles (south to Dominica). Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the adjective antilleus (a, um; ‘from the Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 44 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article * Typhlops sp. 03 * * Typhlops sp. 04 Typhlops sp. 05 Typhlops sp. 07 * Typhlops sp. 06 Typhlops sp. 02 * * Typhlops sp. 01 Typhlops sp. 09 * Typhlops sp. 10 * Typhlops sp. 08 * Typhlops sp. 15 * * Typhlops sp. 14 Typhlops sp. 13 * * Typhlops sp. 12 Typhlops sp. 11 Typhlops schwartzi Typhlops titanops * Typhlops eperopeus * * Typhlops pusillus Typhlops sp. 20 Typhlops sp. 19 * Typhlops sp. 18 * Typhlops sp. 17 Typhlops sp. 16 * Typhlops hectus * * Typhlops sylleptor Typhlops agoralionis 0.04 Typhlops sulcatus Typhlops proancylops * * Typhlops capitulatus Typhlops jamaicensis * Typhlops syntherus Typhlops rostellatus Antillotyphlops naugus * * * * Antillotyphlops platycephalus Antillotyphlops richardi Antillotyphlops hypomethes Antillotyphlops catapontus Antillotyphlops granti * Antillotyphlops guadeloupensis * * Antillotyphlops dominicanus Antillotyphlops geotomus * Antillotyphlops monastus Cubatyphlops notorachius * * * * Cubatyphlops contorhinus Cubatyphlops anchaurus * Cubatyphlops perimychus Cubatyphlops anousius Cubatyphlops arator Cubatyphlops caymanensis Amerotyphlops tasymicris * Amerotyphlops brongersmianus Amerotyphlops reticulatus Figure 3. Phylogenetic ML tree of typhlopid snakes from Caribbean islands based on an analysis of DNA sequences of 6 nuclear protein-coding genes and 4 mitochondrial genes (dataset C). Nodes with asterisks are supported by posterior probability > 95% and ML bootstrap probability > 70%. The tree is rooted with Indotyphlops braminus (not shown). Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 45 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Antilles’) and Greek noun typhlops (the blind). Remarks. Molecular data are available for nearly all known species in this genus and its monophyly is well supported. It is also a geographically cohesive group. Genus Cubatyphlops gen. nov. Cuban blindsnakes Type species. Typhlops biminiensis Richmond, 1955:2. Diagnosis. Species of Cubatyphlops have (1) eye, distinct, (2) snout, rounded, (3) head scale arrangement, non-circular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely divided (rarely incomplete), (6) nasal suture origin, supralabial 2, (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent, (8) postoculars, 1 (rarely 2; average 1.0), (9) preocular -labial contact, supralabials 2 & 3 (rarely none), (10) midbody scale rows, 20–24 (average, 22.1), (11) scale row reduction, present or absent, (12) total scale rows, 351–629 (average, 503), (13) caudals, 22, (14) maximum total length, 197– 460 (average, 304) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 36–75 (average, 54.7), (16) total length/tail length, 29–85 (average, 50.4), (17) dorsal color, brown (sometimes unpigmented, pinkish), (18) ventral color, unpigmented (pinkish) or rarely cream, (19) dorsum darker than venter, (20) overall, lacking any distinctive pattern (spots, lines, or stripes) (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Figs. 1, 3). This genus is distinguished from the other two major genera inhabiting the Caribbean islands, Antillotyphlops and Typhlops, in that the preocular contacts supralabials 2 and 3, and one postocular is present (versus preocular contact with supralabial 3 only, and the presence of two postoculars) (Thomas 1968; 1976; Dixon & Hendricks 1979; Thomas & Hedges 2007). Species in this genus also stand out among closely related genera in being unusually thin, with individuals of all species except one having TL/MBD ratios above 50, being unusually long (up to 460 mm TL), and in having an unusually high number of total scale rows (to 629). Although Cubatyphlops can be distinguished from its closely related genera, it is more diicult to separate it from the primarily mainland New World genus Amerotyphlops. It shares with that genus the preocular contact with supralabials 2 and 3, and, in some species of Amerotyphlops, the presence of a single postocular. However, it can be nearly completely distinguished from the mainland genus in having a high number of total scale rows, minimally 453 in 11 of the 12 species (C. caymanensis, 351–408); in Amerotyphlops, the maximum number of total scale rows is 441, except in one species, A. microstomus (487–556). Concerning the two overlap species, C. caymanensis is separated from Amerotyphlops in the molecular phylogeny, and A. microstomus is separated from Cubatyphlops in having 2 postoculars instead of one postocular. Also, 8 of the 14 species of Amerotyphlops can be distinguished from Cubatyphlops in having either an incompletely divided nasal scale (A. minuisquamus, A. paucisquamus, and A. reticulatus, and A. yonenagae) or a patterned (lines or spots) dorsum and/or head (A. brongersmianus, A. minuisquamus, A. paucisquamus, A. reticulatus, A. tasymicris, A. tenuis, A. trinitatus, and A. yonenagae) or both. In Cubatyphlops, the nasal is completely divided and they have no distinct pattern. Content. Twelve species: Cubatyphlops anchaurus, C. anousius, C. arator, C. biminiensis, C. caymanensis, C. contorhinus, C. epactius, C. golyathi, C. notorachius, C. paradoxus, C. perimychus, and C. satelles (Table 3). Distribution. Cubatyphlops is distributed primarily in Cuba, but with species in the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun formed from the adjective cubanus (a, um; ‘from Cuba’) and Greek noun typhlops (the blind). Remarks. Given the high total scale rows and lack of any distinctive color pattern in this genus, compared with the mainland genus Amerotyphlops, it is likely that both genera are monophyletic. Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 46 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Genus Typhlops Oppel (1811) Antillean Blindsnakes Type species. [Anguis] lumbricalis Linnaeus, 1758:228, by subsequent designation of Fitzinger, 1843:24. Diagnosis. Species of Typhlops have (1) eye, distinct, (2) snout, rounded, (3) head scale arrangement, noncircular, (4) frontorostral, absent, (5) nasal, completely divided (rarely incomplete), (6) nasal suture origin, supralabial 2, (7) suboculars or subpreoculars, absent (rarely present), (8) postoculars, 2 (rarely 1 or 3; average, 1.85), (9) preocular-labial contact, supralabial 3 (rarely none), (10) midbody scale rows, 18 or 22 (average, 20.0), (11) scale row reduction, present or absent, (12) total scale rows, 231–457 (average, 312), (13) caudals, 8–19 (average, 13.1), (14) maximum total length, 126–445 (average, 243) mm, (15) total length/midbody diameter, 23–57 (average, 35.9), (16) total length/tail length, 18–88 (36.8), (17) dorsal color, always pigmented, brown or tan, (18) ventral color, unpigmented (pinkish), white, or cream, (19) dorsum darker than venter, and (20) overall, lacking any distinctive pattern (spots, lines, or stripes), although rarely a faint trace of a dorsal line (Tables 1–2); molecular phylogenetic support (Figs. 1, 3). Among its closest relatives (Figs. 1, 3), Typhlops is distinguished from Cubatyphlops by the presence of 2 postoculars (versus 1; except in 3 species of Typhlops with 1 postocular) and preocular contact with supralabial 3 only (versus contact with supralabials 2 and 3 in Cubatyphlops) (Table 2). The same distinction holds for Typhlops versus the more distantly related Amerotyphlops, although 4 species of that latter genus have more than 1 postocular (Thomas 1968; 1976; Dixon & Hendricks 1979; Thomas & Hedges 2007). Typhlops and Antillotyphlops require closest comparison. Thomas (1989) found that species placed here in the genus Typhlops formed a group separate from species placed here in Antillotyphlops based on reduction of the basihyal and a lower number of total middorsal scale rows. He excluded T. jamaicensis and T. sulcatus from that deinition, but the molecular data place those two species together with others in Typhlops sensu stricto. Content. Twenty species: Typhlops agoralionis, T. capitulatus, T. eperopeus, T. gonavensis, T. hectus, T. jamaicensis, T. leptolepis, T. lumbricalis, T. oxyrhinus, T. pachyrhinus, T. proancylops, T. pusillus, T. rostellatus, T. schwartzi, T. silus, T. sulcatus, T. sylleptor, T. syntherus, T. tetrathyreus, and T. titanops (Table 3). Distribution. Typhlops is distributed primarily on islands in the western Caribbean, including Cuba (and its satellite islets), Hispaniola, and The Bahamas. Etymology. The generic name, a masculine noun, is a Greek noun meaning ‘the blind.’ Remarks. Molecular data are available for nearly all known species in this genus and its monophyly is well -supported. It is also a geographically cohesive group that includes a large number of undescribed species (Fig. 3) (Hedges et al., in preparation). Discussion Although much has been learned about scolecophidians in recent years, mainly through molecular phylogenetic studies, these snakes remain poorly known. There will undoubtedly be many new species discovered in the future, and additional large clades resolved. Scolecophidians are the most ancient group of living snakes and have had a long history on the southern continents (Vidal et al. 2010). The single most common theme that we have encountered in studying the evolution of these snakes is their close association with geography, borne out in this new classiication. Their occurrence on islands never connected to continents (Hedges et al. 1992; Hedges 1996a; b; 2008; Vidal et al. 2010) proves that they are capable of dispersing (rafting) over deep water, yet their relationships track plate tectonics perhaps better than any other vertebrate group (Vidal et al. 2010). They have unusually small distributions, with many species known from a single locality, and sympatric species sometimes have no distinguishing scale counts (Hedges & Thomas 1991; Thomas & Hedges 2007). This explains why so many undescribed species have been discovered using molecular data (Hedges & Thomas 1991; Marin et al. 2013b). These features make them an intriguing group to study, for understanding biogeography, ecology, behavior, and speciation. Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 47 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Acknowledgments This work was funded primarily by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to SBH (DEB-0818798, ‘Systematics and biogeography of scolecophidian snakes’), and partly by DEB-1136590 and DEB-0918891. NV and JM were supported by ‘Consortium National de Recherche en Génomique’ and the ‘Service de Systématique Moléculaire’ of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (UMS 2700; OMSI). It is part of agreement number 2005/67 between Genoscope and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle for the project ‘Macrophylogeny of life,’ directed by Guillaume Lecointre. We thank Lana Brahmakulam, Haley Chutz, Natalie Kardos, and Elisabeth Rochel for laboratory assistance and those persons and institutions who contributed some of the tissue and DNA samples used in these studies or assisted us in the ield: Ken Aplin, Aaron Bauer, Christopher Austin, William Branch, L. Chirio, Carla Cicero (MVZ), K. Coate, Ronald Crombie, K. Daoues, Donna Dittmann (LSUMZ), Stephen Donnellan, Paul Doughty, Sandy Echternacht, Julie Feinstein (AMNH, Ambrose-Monnell), Eli Greenbaum, Carla Hass, T. Heger, Robert Henderson, Mark Hutchinson, James Lazell, C. Marty, Greg Mayer, Robert Murphy (ROM), Renata Platenberg, Robert Powell, Nicolas Puillandre, S. Richards, Charles Ross, Richard Thomas, S. Thomson, Sébastien Trape, Miguel Vences, Jens Vindum (CAS), Laurie Vitt, L. Whitsed, and Addison Wynn (USNM). 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(2012) The unexpected discovery of blind snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Micronesia: two new species of Ramphotyphlops from the Caroline Islands. Zootaxa, 3172, 39–54. Wynn, A.H. & Leviton, A.E. (1993) Two new species of blind snake, genus Typhlops (Reptilia: Squamata: Typhlopidae), from the Philippine Archipelago. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 106, 34–35. Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 58 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article Appendix 1: samples used in the molecular analyses The following is a list of samples and localities used in the molecular analyses (Figs. 1-3), excluding those already detailed in our previous global study (Vidal et al. 2010). Besides the samples listed below, we include in Fig. 1 sequences, from GenBank, of Xerotyphlops vermicularis (“A”), two samples of X. socotranus, two of Letheobia episcopa, and one of L. simonii published in a recent study (Kornilios et al. 2013). Abbreviations are: CAS (California Academy of Sciences, USA), EBG and ELI (Eli B. Greenbaum), SBH (S. Blair Hedges, Pennsylvania State University, USA), and USNM (National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA). Afrotyphlopinae. Afrotyphlops elegans 1 (CAS 219176; Fonta de Tchipique, Principe Island, Sao Tome and Principe), Afrotyphlops elegans 2 (CAS 238870; Principe Island, Sao Tome and Principe), Afrotyphlops elegans 3 (CAS 238880; abandoned Rosa, Nova Cuba, Principe Island, Sao Tome and Principe), Afrotyphlops sp. 1 (USNM 576137; Impongui, Likouala Dept., Republic of Congo), Afrotyphlops sp. 2 (ELI 158; Katanga Prov., Kasongomwana, Democratic Republic of the Congo), Afrotyphlops cf angolensis (EBG 2220; Force Bendera, on west side of Mt. Kabobo, 3040 km N Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo), Letheobia feae 1 (CAS 218907; on road between Bombaim and Santa Adelaide at Rio Abade bridge, Sao Tome Island, Sao Tome and Principe), Letheobia feae 2 (CAS 219310; Cruzeiro, Sao Tome Island, Sao Tome and Principe), Letheobia feae 3 (CAS 219335; trail between Born Sucesso to Lago Ameilia, Sao Tome Island, Sao Tome and Principe). Asiatyphlopinae. Acutotyphlops subocularis (ABTC104792; Vuovo Camp, West New Britain, PNG). All Anilios are from Australia: Anilios ainis SH1 (SAMAR55645; Blackdown Tableland Road, 2k S Jnctn, QLD), Anilios ammodytes SH10 (WAMR127760; 5k S Mount Tom Price Mine, WA), Anilios ammodytes SH11 (WAMR104109; 1.4k NNE Woodstock, WA), Anilios ammodytes SH2 (WAMR170658; 31k WSW Mt Elvire, WA), Anilios ammodytes SH3 (WAMR121995; Weeli Wolli Spring, WA), Anilios ammodytes SH4 (WAMR102560; Barlee Range Nature Reserve, WA), Anilios ammodytes SH5 (WAMR165282; 16.6k ENE Karratha, WA), Anilios ammodytes SH6 (WAMR139430; Mount Minnie Homestead, WA), Anilios ammodytes SH7 (WAMR162120; 16k W Mt De Courcey, WA), Anilios ammodytes SH8 (WAMR141306; Cape Preston area, WA), Anilios ammodytes SH9 (WAMR158097; 5k NNE Python Pool, WA), Anilios australis SH12 (WAMR132329; 2k NE Wonnerup Siding, WA), Anilios australis SH13 (WAMR154969; East Wallabi Island, WA), Anilios bicolor SH14 (SAMAR61971; near Boolcoomata HS, SA), Anilios bicolor SH15 (WAMR165618; Ora Banda, WA), Anilios bituberculatus SH16 (SAMAR48359; 3.5k W Inkerman, SA), Anilios bituberculatus SH17 (SAMAR62428; 20k NE Mount Penrhyn, SA), Anilios bituberculatus SH18 (SAMAR44731; Welbourne Hill Station, SA), Anilios bituberculatus SH19 (ANWCR06665; Berrigan State Forest, 11k E Berrigan, NSW), Anilios bituberculatus SH20 (SAMAR18867; Burke’s Grave, near Innamincka, SA), Anilios centralis SH21 (SAMAR56511; 8k ENE Mount Chandler, SA), Anilios centralis SH22 (ABTC24079; MacDonnell Ranges, NT), Anilios diversus SH23 (WAMR157402; Tanami Desert, WA), Anilios diversus SH24 (NTMR16427; Supplejack Station, 8 Mile Bore, NT), Anilios diversus SH25 (WAMR126054; ~5k S Carlton Hill Homestead, WA), Anilios diversus SH26 (WAMR151035; Lake Argyle, WA), Anilios diversus SH27 (WAMR119543; Mirima National Park, WA), Anilios diversus SH28 (ABTC102746; 176 Camooweal Street, Mount Isa, Qld), Anilios diversus SH29 (ABTC70684; Tennant Creek, NT), Anilios diversus SH30 (WAMR112027; Beagle Bay Aboriginal Community, WA), Anilios diversus SH31 (NTMR19058; Guluwuru Island, NT), Anilios endoterus SH32 (SAMAR21202; Olympic Dam Site, SA), Anilios endoterus SH33 (WAMR102627; Little Sandy Desert, WA), Anilios endoterus SH34 (WAMR135151; near Telfer Dome, WA), Anilios endoterus SH35 (WAMR115000; 38k ENE Laverton, WA), Anilios ganei SH36 (WAMR140003; Millstream, WA), Anilios ganei SH37 (WAMR162129; 27k ESE Mt De Courcey, WA), Anilios ganei SH38 (WAMR124835; 30k W Newman, Cathederal Gorge, WA), Anilios ganei SH39 (WAMR156328; Chichester Range, WA), Anilios grypus SH40 (WAMR114909; Marble Bar, WA), Anilios grypus SH41 (WAMR108596; 8k E Yarra Bluf, WA), Anilios grypus SH42 (WAMR157403; Tanami Desert, WA), Anilios grypus SH43 (WAMR108923; 25k SE Telfer, WA), Anilios grypus SH44 (WAMR110716; Brockan Mine, WA), Anilios grypus SH45 (WAMR114282; Wittenoom, WA), Anilios grypus SH46 (WAMR127522; 10k S Onslow, WA), Anilios grypus SH47 (WAMR102679; Little Sandy Desert, WA), Anilios grypus SH48 (SAMAR55272; Phosphate Hill, Bufel site, Qld), Anilios guentheri SH49 (WAMR105974; Kingston Rest, WA), Anilios guentheri SH50 (WAMR108431; 32k N Ord River crossing, WA), Anilios Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 59 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article guentheri SH51 (NTMR16488; Top Springs, Tanami Desert, NT), Anilios guentheri SH52 (NTMR13611; Katherine Gorge, NT), Anilios guentheri SH53 (ABTC67980; Bradshaw Station, NT), Anilios guentheri SH54 (SAMAR53885; 40k S Tunnel Creek Gorge, WA), Anilios hamatus SH55 (WAMR136817; Lake Mason Station, WA), Anilios hamatus SH56 (WAMR156249; Onslow area, WA), Anilios hamatus SH57 (WAMR145266; 5k S Mount Tom Price Mine, WA), Anilios hamatus SH58 (WAMR120619; unknown locality, WA), Anilios hamatus SH59 (WAMR111862; 26k SE Wheelarra Hill, WA), Anilios hamatus SH60 (WAMR136276; Muggon Station, WA), Anilios hamatus SH61 (WAMR131753; Mount Robinson, West Angelas, WA), Anilios howi SH62 (WAMR141536; Kalumburu, WA), Anilios kimberleyensis SH63 (WAMR165559; Koolan Island, WA), Anilios kimberleyensis SH64 (ABTC29484; Litchield NP, NT), Anilios kimberleyensis SH65 (WAMR165885; South Maret Island, WA), Anilios kimberleyensis SH66 (WAMR125981; Wyndham, WA), Anilios leptosoma SH67 (WAMR114894; Geraldton, WA), Anilios leptosoma SH68 (WAMR129778; 22k S Kalbarri, WA), Anilios ligatus SH69 (SAMR31019; 21k E Narrabri, NSW), Anilios ligatus SH70 (NTMR13753; Keep River NP, NT), Anilios ligatus SH71 (NTMR35156; Tableland Highway, NT), Anilios ligatus SH72 (NTMR19109; Raragala Island, NT), Anilios longissimus SH73 (WAMR120049; Bandicoot Bay, Barrow Island, WA), Anilios nigrescens SH74 (AMSR146228; Castlereagh waste depot, near Penrith, NSW), Anilios nigrescens SH75 (SAMAR31025; 8k W Woolbrook, NSW), Anilios nigrescens SH76 (AMSR157200; Torrington State Recreation area, Butler, NSW), Anilios nigrescens SH77 (ABTC03939; 8k W McAfees Lookout, Qld), Anilios nigrescens SH78 (AMSR157267; Red Range to Kingsgate Road, NSW), Anilios pilbarensis SH79 (WAMR110939; 22.1k WSW Pannawonica, WA), Anilios pinguis SH80 (WAMR146995; Helena Valley, WA), Anilios proximus SH83 (ANWCR06668; Sloane Reserve, 28.5k N Mulwala, Savernake Hall, NSW), Anilios silvia SH84 (QMJ46128; 25k N Pomona, Qld), Anilios torresianus SH82 (QMJ60625; Mt Hartley, Qld), Anilios troglodytes SH85 (WAMR146048; Oobagooma Homestead, WA), Anilios unguirostris SH86 (WAMR146958; Kalumburu, WA), Anilios unguirostris SH87 (NTMR21669; Dundee Beach, Fog Bay, NT), Anilios unguirostris SH88 (SAMR54430; Burke Development Road 10k ENE, Qld), Anilios unguirostris SH89 (WAMR117861; near Mount Percy, WA), Anilios waitii SH90 (WAMR120315; unknown locality, WA), Anilios waitii SH91 (WAMR165022; 1k N Mulga Downs Outcamp, WA), Anilios wiedii SH92 (AMSR154152; Poison Gate road, on road to Poison, NSW). Asiatyphlops diardii (USNM, uncataloged; Myanmar), Asiatyphlops muelleri (CAS 222410; Nat Ma Taung National Park, Min Dat Township, Min Dat District, Chin State, Myanmar), Asiatyphlops sp. 1 (CAS 224653; Nagmung Town, Nagmung Township, Putao District, Kachin State, Myanmar), Asiatyphlops sp. 2 (CAS 224658; Nagmung Town, Nagmung Township, Putao District, Kachin State, Myanmar), Asiatyphlops sp. 3 (CAS 224750; between Nagmung Town and Ta Se Htu Village, Nagmung Township, Putao District, Kachin State, Myanmar), Asiatyphlops sp. 4 (CAS 225173; Ba Bawt village, Nagmung Township, Putao District, Kachin State, Myanmar), Asiatyphlops sp. 5 (CAS 230225; Machanbaw Town, Machanbaw Township, Putao District, Kachin State, Myanmar), Asiatyphlops sp. 6 (CAS 235322; near Myin Che Taung, Mintatt Township, Mindat District, Chin State, Myanmar), Asiatyphlops sp. 7 (CAS 235378; between Sawn Taung village and Ba Late Htwe village, Mintatt Township, Mindat District, Chin State, Myanmar), Sundatyphlops polygrammicus (WAM R98715; Brang Kua, Moyo Island, Indonesia), Xerotyphlops vermicularis 1 (CAS 228715; Harzevil Village in Old Manjil, Gilan Province, Iran), Xerotyphlops vermicularis 2 (CAS 228716; Harzevil Village in Old Manjil, Gilan Province, Iran). Typhlopinae. Antillotyphlops geotomus (SBH 172760; ca. 1.5 km NE New River, Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis), Antillotyphlops granti (SBH 172155; 4.0 km E Guanica in Bosque Estatal de Guanica, Campamento Santiago, Puerto Rico, USA), Antillotyphlops guadeloupensis (SBH 102276; Pointe de la Grande Anse near Trois Rivieres, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe), Typhlops hectus (SBH 191789; 2.4 km N of Ducis, Dept. Du Sud, Haiti), Antillotyphlops hypomethes (SBH 172150; Rio Piedras on campus of UPR, Puerto Rico, USA), Typhlops jamaicensis (SBH 172445; 6.2 km W Oracabessa, St. Mary, Jamaica), Antillotyphlops naugus (SBH 172758; Upper Quail Dove Ghut, Guana Island, British Virgin Islands), Cubatyphlops perimychus (SBH 161981; W. T. Sampson High School, Guantanamo Bay USNS, Cuba), Antillotyphlops platycephalus (SBH 172180; 12.3 km SSE Arecibo, Puerto Rico, USA), Typhlops proancylops (SBH 103605; N of Fond Verrettes, Soliette, l’Ouest, Haiti), Typhlops pusillus (SBH 192420; 19.5 km N of Ca Soleil, Dept. de l’Artibonite, Haiti), Antillotyphlops richardii (SBH 266855; 0.2 km S St. Peter’s Peak along roadside, St. Thomas, Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 60 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org caribbean herpetology article US Virgin Islands), Amerotyphlops tasymicris (SBH 269088; Grenadines, Union Island, Chatham Bay), Typhlops titanops (SBH 160293; 22 km N Pedernales at the Rio Mulito, Pedernales, Dominican Republic), Typhlops sp. 01 (SBH 190612; 1.5 km WSW La Tabla, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 02 (SBH 190943; ca 0.5 km N La Hembrita, Guantanamo, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 03 (SBH 193810; grounds of Hotel Punta de Piedra, Granma, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 04 (SBH 194029; 8.5 km SW of Loma Mensura, Holguin, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 05 (SBH 193770; 2.4 km SE of Ojo del Toro, Granma, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 06 (SBH 193733; 1.6 km N of Camaron Grande, Granma, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 07 (SBH 193614; 1.4 km N of Minas del Frio, Granma, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 08 (SBH 191419; 1.5 km WSW La Tabla, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 09 (SBH 191538; Narigon, La Habana, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 11 (SBH 190202; SW slope of El Yunque de Baracoa, Guantanamo, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 12 (SBH 190231; 15.8 km NW Baracoa on coast road, Guantanamo, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 13 (SBH 190565; 1.5 km NE La Cantera, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 14 (SBH 190941; Rio Cuzco Canyon, ca. 3 km N Los Oasis, Guantanamo, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 15 (SBH 191018; near La Fangosa, 10.1 km W Vega Grande, Guantanamo, Cuba), Typhlops sp. 16 (SBH 102370; ca. 15 km W El Valle, Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic), Typhlops sp. 17 (SBH 193206; 8.8 km N thence 0.5 km W Tenares, Los Tabucos, Dominican Republic), Typhlops sp. 18 (SBH 267752; ca. 1 km SW Los Limones, Monte Plata, Dominican Republic), Typhlops sp. 19 (SBH 266322; 1.6 mi. NNE El Azul, San Juan, Dominican Republic), Typhlops sp. 20 (SBH 191839; 5.0 km S of Pestel, Dept. de la Grand’Anse, Haiti). Leptotyphlopidae. Leptotyphlops cf emini (EBG 2280; Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo). Caribbean Herpetology 49:1–61 61 ISSN 2333-2468 www.caribbeanherpetology.org

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