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Taxon: Family Typhlopidae Merrem, 1820 - blind snakes (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (B. Merrem, 1820) J.E. Gray, 1825
Original name Merrem, B. 1820. J.C. Krieger, Marburg: 6, 10, 16, 158.
Subsequent rank Gray, J.E. 1825a. Ann. Philos., London (n.s.) 10 (3): 203 ("Gray").
Original spelling loc. cit. ("Typhlopidæ").
Description/Diagnosis in English loc. cit.
Source for the authorship of the name Smith, 1969: 23.

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Typhlopinae (Subfamily) Ref: A. Figueroa et al., 2016: table 1 (p. 4). [inferred]
TypeTyphlops (Genus) Oppel, 1811 Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2013: 48. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namewormslangen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameblind snakes Ref: J. Coborn, 1994
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