Tetracheilostoma is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. All of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.
Tetracheilostoma | |
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St. Lucia threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma breuili) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
Subfamily: | Epictinae |
Genus: | Tetracheilostoma Jan, 1861 |
The genus contains the following species:[1]
- Tetracheilostoma bilineatum, two-lined blind snake
- Tetracheilostoma breuili, St. Lucia threadsnake
- Tetracheilostoma carlae, Barbados threadsnake
References
edit- ^ " Tetracheilostoma ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.