Suborder Serpentes Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Infraorder Scolecophidia Rank Subfamily Subclass Lepidosauria | |
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Similar Epictia, Scaled reptiles, Trilepida, Leptotyphlops goudotii, Guyana blind snake | ||
Epictinae (commonly called slender blind snakes or thread snakes) are a subfamily of snakes found in the New World and equatorial Africa. Members of this subfamily tend to have short, thick tails, and the fewest subcaudal scales. It comprises two tribes, three subtribes, eight genera, and 62 species.
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Distribution
The subfamily is distributed in the New World and in equatorial Africa. In the New World it ranges from North America (California, Utah, and Kansas) south through Middle and South America (exclusive of the high Andes) to Uruguay and Argentina on the Atlantic side. It also occurs on San Salvador Island (Bahamas), Hispaniola, the Lesser Antilles, Cozumel Island (Mexico), Islas de Bahia and Swan Islands (Honduras), San Andres and Providencia Islands (Colombia), Bonaire, Margarita Islands, and Trinidad. It also occurs in equatorial Africa, from southern Senegal, Guinea, and Bioko Island in the west to Ethiopia in the east.