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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Typhlopidae Merrem 1820
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Typhlopidae
Recognized by Eswatini Species List, Egypt Species List, INBio, ReptileDB, Armenia Species List, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Australia Species List, Benin Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Cocos Islands Species List, Colombia Species List, Comoros Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Cyprus Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Dominica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Gabon Species List, Georgia Species List, Ghana Species List, Greece Species List, Grenada Species List, Guam Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guinea Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Hong Kong Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Iraq Species List, Israel Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kenya Species List, Laos Species List, Lebanon Species List, Macau Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mali Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritius Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, New Caledonia Species List, Nigeria Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Russia Species List, Samoa Species List, Sao Tome and Principe Species List, Seychelles Species List, Singapore Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Syria Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Timor Leste Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Togo Species List, Turkey Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, Uganda Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Ceram Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, United States Species List, and Vidal et al 2010

Alternative Names

Antillotyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aspidorhynchus Fitzinger 1843
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Austrotyphlops Wallach 2006
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Diaphorotyphlops Jan 1861
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Meditoria Gray 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megatyphlops Broadley & Wallach 2009
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Onychocephalus Duméril & Bibron 1844
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Onychophis Gray 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ophthalmidion Duméril & Bibron 1844
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Typhlina Wagler 1830
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

blind snakes preferred

Arabic

ثعبان أعمى preferred
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Armenian

Կույր օձեր preferred
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Azerbaijani

Kor ilanlar preferred
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Belarusian

Слепазмейкі preferred
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Breton

Naer-dall preferred
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Bulgarian

червейници preferred
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Chinese

盲蛇科 preferred
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Czech

slepákovití preferred
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Dutch; Flemish

wormslangen preferred
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Estonian

Pimemadulased preferred
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Finnish

Aitosokkokäärmeet preferred
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Georgian

გველბრუცასებრნი preferred
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German

Blindschlangen preferred
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Hebrew

נחשיליים preferred
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Hungarian

vakkígyófélék preferred
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Japanese

メクラヘビ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin
Mekura preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kazakh

Соқыржыландар preferred
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Korean

장님뱀과 preferred
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Lithuanian

Aklažalčiai preferred
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Macedonian

Слепи змии preferred
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Norwegian

Ekte ormeslanger preferred
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Persian

کورماریان preferred
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Polish

Ślepuchowate preferred
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Russian

Слепозмейки preferred
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Serbian

Слепе змије preferred
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Slovak

Slepáňovité preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swahili

Birisi preferred
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Swedish

Maskormar preferred
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Thai

วงศ์งูดิน preferred
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Ukrainian

Сліпуни preferred
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Arz

ثعبان اعمى preferred
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De Ch

Blindschlangen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

اننے سپ preferred
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Zh Cn

盲蛇科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

盲蛇科 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Typhlopidae Merrem 1820

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
186 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Typhlopidae (this page)