Leptotyphlopidae

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Leptotyphlopidae
Leptotyphlops humilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Stejneger, 1892
Genera

Leptotyphlops
Rhinoleptus

Leptotyphlopidae is a family of snakes composed of 2 genera and around 100 species. They occur in North and South America, Africa, and Asia. They can be found in a wide variety of habitats from arid areas to rainforest and are known to occur near ant and termite nests. They include what is believed to be the world's smallest snake, the Lesser Antillean Threadsnake, Leptotyphlops bilineatus. They are very slender, worm-like, and round in section. They have no teeth in the upper jaw, and feed mostly on termites or ants, their larvae and pupae. Most species suck out the contents of insect bodies and discard the skin.


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Chordata - Reptilia - Squamata - Families of Snakes  
 
HENOPHIDIA
Acrochordidae- Aniliidae- Anomochilidae- Boidae- Bolyeridae- Cylindrophiidae- Loxocemidae- Pythonidae- Tropidophiidae- Uropeltidae- Xenopeltidae
TYPHLOPOIDEA
Anomalepidae- Leptotyphlopidae- Typhlopidae
XENOPHIDIA
Atractaspididae- Colubridae- Elapidae- Hydrophiidae- Viperidae
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