Overview of genera (16)

Acutotyphlops – Afrotyphlops – Amerotyphlops – Anilios – Argyrophis – Cyclotyphlops – Grypotyphlops – Indotyphlops – Lemuriatyphlops – Letheobia – Madatyphlops – Malayotyphlops – Ramphotyphlops – Rhinotyphlops – Typhlops – Xerotyphlops

Check (2): Megatyphlops – Ophthalmidion

Additional references

• Broadley, D.G.; Wallach, V. 2009: A review of the eastern and southern African blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), excluding Letheobia Cope, with the description of two new genera and a new species. Zootaxa, 2255: 1–100. Abstract & excerpt

• Domínguez, M., Fong G., A. & Iturriaga, M. 2013. A new blind snake (Typhlopidae) from northeastern Cuba. Zootaxa 3681(2): 136–146. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.2.2 Reference page. 

• Graboski, R., Pereira Filho, G.A., Silva, A.A., Prudente, A.L.C. & Zaher, H. 2015. A new species of Amerotyphlops from Northeastern Brazil, with comments on distribution of related species. Zootaxa 3920(3): 443–452. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.3.3 . Reference page. 

• Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Shea, G.M. 2015. A new species of Anilios (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from Central Australia. Zootaxa 4033(1): 103–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.5 . Preview (PDF), Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Venchi, A., Wilson, S.K. & Borsboom, A.C. 2015. A new blind snake (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from an endangered habitat in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 3990(2): 272–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.7 . Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

• Wegener, J.E., Swoboda, S., Hawlitschek, O., Franzen, M., Wallach, V., Vences, M., Nagy, Z.T., Hedges, S.B., Köhler, J. & Glaw, F. 2013. Morphological variation and taxonomic reassessment of the endemic Malagasy blind snake family Xenotyphlopidae (Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Spixiana 36(2): 269–282. Full article (PDF). Reference page.