Typhlops capitulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Typhlopinae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: Typhlops capitulatus

Name

Typhlops capitulatus Richmond, 1964: 2

• Holotype: MCZ 62636, collected by A.S. Rand and J.D. Lazell on 10 August 1960.
• Type locality: “Manneville, Haiti, at the northwest end of Lake Saumâtre”.

References

Primary references

• Richmond, N.D. 1964. The blind snakes (Typhlops) of Haiti with descriptions of three new species. Breviora 202: 1–12. BHL

Links

• Powell, R., Wallach, V., Landestoy, M., Hedges, B. & Inchaustegui, S. 2016. IUCN: Typhlops capitulatus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T178453A77336236. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178453A77336236.en. Accessed on 01 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Richmond's Blindsnake