Trilepida is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
Geographic range
Species in the genus Trilepida are native to northern South America and Panama.[1]
Taxonomy
All of the species in the genus Trilepida were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.
Species
The genus contains the following species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
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Trilepida acutirostris Pinto & Curcio, 2011
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Trilepida affinis (Boulenger, 1884) – Venezuela blind snake
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Trilepida anthracina (Bailey, 1946) – Bailey's blind snake
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Trilepida brasiliensis (Laurent, 1949) – Brazilian blind snake
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Trilepida brevissima (Shreve, 1964) – Caqueta blind snake
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Trilepida dimidiata (Jan, 1861) – dainty blind snake
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Trilepida dugandi (Dunn, 1944) – Dugand's blind snake
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Trilepida fuliginosa (Passos, Caramaschi & Pinto, 2006)
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Trilepida guayaquilensis (Orejas-Miranda & J. Peters, 1970) – Guayaquila blind snake
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Trilepida jani (Pinto & Fernandes, 2012)
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Trilepida joshuai (Dunn, 1944) – Joshua's blind snake
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Trilepida koppesi (Amaral, 1955) – Amaral's blind snake
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Trilepida macrolepis (W. Peters, 1858) – big-scaled blind snake
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Trilepida nicefori (Dunn, 1946) – Santander blind snake
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Trilepida pastusa (Salazar-Valenzuela, Martins, Amador-Oyola & Torres-Carvajal, 2015)
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Trilepida salgueiroi (Amaral, 1955) – Espírito Santo blind snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Trilepida.
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