Anomalepididae
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{{Taxobox
| name = Anomalepididae
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| image_caption = ''[[Liotyphlops beui]]''
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| subphylum = [[Vertebrata]]
| classis = [[Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
| infraordo = [[Scolecophidia]]
| familia = '''Anomalepididae'''
| familia_authority = [[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor]], [[1939]]
| synonyms = * Anomalepidae - Taylor, 1939
* Anomalepidinae - Amaral, 1954
* Anomalepididae - Robb & H.M. Smith, 1966<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref>
}}
:'''''Common names:''' primitive blind snakes,<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=209621|taxon=Anomalepididae|year=2007|date=29 August}}</ref> dawn blind snakes.''
The '''Anomalepididae''' are a [[Family (biology)|family]] of non-venomous [[snake]]s found in the [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. They are similar to [[Typhlopidae]], except that some species possess a single tooth in the lower jaw. Currently, 4 [[Genus|genera]] and 15 [[species]] are recognized.<ref name="ITIS"/>
==Description==
These are small snakes, usually less than 30 cm (12 inches) in length, with blunt heads and short, blunt tails. They are mainly burrowing snakes and due to their life style their eyes are [[vestigial]].
==Geographic range==
Found in Southern [[Central America]] to northwestern [[South America]]. Disjust populations in northeastern and southeastern South America.<ref name="McD99"/>
==Genera==
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|''[[Anomalepis]]''<font size="-1"><sup>T</sup></font>
|[[Georg Jan|Jan]], [[1860]]
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|style="width:40%"|From southern in [[Central America]] in [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]], to northwestern [[South America]] in [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]].
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|''[[Helminthophis]]''
|[[Wilhelm Peters|Peters]], [[1860]]
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|From southern in Central America in Costa Rica and Panama, to northwestern South America in Colombia and [[Venezuela]]. Possibly, one species has been introduced in [[Mauritius]].
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|''[[Liotyphlops]]''
|[[Wilhelm Peters|Peters]], [[1881]]
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|Central and South America in Costa Rica and [[Paraguay]].
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|''[[Typhlophis]]''
|[[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]], [[1843]]
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|Along the Atlantic coast of South America from the [[Guyanas]] to [[Pará]] in northern [[Brazil]]. Also on the island of [[Trinidad]].
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<font size="-1"><sup>T</sup></font>) [[Type genus]].<ref name="McD99"/>
==See also==
* [[List of anomalepidid species and subspecies]]
* {{c|Anomalepididae by common name}}
* {{c|Anomalepididae by taxonomic synonyms}}
* [[List of snakes]], overview of all snake genera.
==References==
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