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Scolecophidia
	Brahminy blind snake,; Ramphotyphlops braminus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Subphylum:	Vertebrata;
Class:	Reptilia;
Order:	Squamata;
Suborder:	Serpentes;
Infraorder:	Scolecophidia; Cope, 1864
Synonyms
	Scolecophidia - Cope, 1864;

Common names: blind snakes, thread snakes.^[2]

The Scolecophidia are an infraorder^[2] of snakes. They range in size from 10-100 cm in length, but may only be as small as 2 mm. All are fossorial.^[3] Currently, 3 families and 12 genera are recognized.^[2]

[edit] Families

Family^[2]	Authority^[2]	Genera^[2]	Common name^[2]	Geographic range^[1]
Anomalepididae	Taylor, 1939	4	Primitive blind snakes	Southern Central America and South America.
Leptotyphlopidae	Stejneger, 1892	2	Slender blind snakes	Africa, western Asia and the Americas.
Typhlopidae	Merrem, 1820	6	Long-tailed blind snakes	Most tropical and many subtropical regions all over the world.

[edit] See also

Alethinophidia, all other snakes.
List of snakes, overview of all snake genera.

[edit] References

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^ ^a ^b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Scolecophidia (TSN 634389). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 14 August 2007.
^ Scolecophidia at Palaeos. Accessed 14 August 2007.

[McD99-0] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

[ITIS-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Scolecophidia (TSN 634389). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 14 August 2007.

[-2] Scolecophidia at Palaeos. Accessed 14 August 2007.

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