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Typhlopidae - English
URL: http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Reptilia

Phylogenetic tree.

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Family: Typhlopidae - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/reptilia/squamata/typhlopidae.htm

Species available in the Animal Diversity Web.

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Angola Blind Snake - English
URL: http://www.calacademy.org/research/herpetology/frogs/frogsimp/reptiles/e14.htm

This snake family consists of burrowers, typified by lack of eyes and a blunt tail, resembling a second head. This species is included on the basis of a single specimen deposited in the British Museum, probably collected at the lowest altitude within BINP.

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Kingdom Of Animalia-blind snake - English
URL: http://www.geocities.com/mickey_prasad/blindsnake.html

Any of about 150 species of small, burrowing snakes that make up the family Typhlopidae. Their vestigial eyes are buried under the head scales. Most are of the genus Typhlops, which ranges over most tropical areas.

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Typhlopidae - English
URL: http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/families/Typhlopidae.html

Typhlopids occur on all continents including one species in Europe (Typhlops vermicularis) and 2 species in North America (T. pusillus and T. lumbricalis in Florida).

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Blindsnake Feeding Videos - English
URL: http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/brainerd/kleyvids.html

All of the video clips on this page are in QuickTime format.

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Семейство Слепозмейки (Typhlopidae) - Russian
URL: http://big-snake.narod.ru/enc/Reptilia/Serpentes/Typhlopidae/Typhlopidae.htm

Семейство слепунов объединяет 5-6 родов (более 170 видов), из которых наиболее обширный род Typhlops (около 120 видов) широко распространен в тропических и субтропических областях всех континентов, а 4 остальные рода представлены небольшим числом видов лишь в Центральной и Южной Америке. В последнее время их относят к ящерицам.

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