Typhlopsia		Contents		Rev: 08/24/2026
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Molineoidea

       Molineidae

Molineinae

                   

                  Typhlopsia Barus & Coy Otero, 1978

      Type species of the genus:  Typhlopsia kratochvilli Barus & Coy Otero, 1978

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

General charcteristics:

• Synlophe present with numerous crests.

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Distribution:

.Recorded from a snake in Cuba (Willkens et al., 2025)

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Typhlopsia

Parasite of a retile: the earthworm blindsnake, Typhlops lumbricalis

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Slimane, B.B., Chabaud , A.G., and Durette-Desset, M.C. 1996.  Les nematodes trichostrongylina parasites d’amphibiens et de reptiles: problemes taxonomiques, phyletiques et biogeographiques. Systematic Parasitology 35:179-206. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009639

Willkens, Y., Santos, J.N., Melo, F.T.V.V. 2025. Molineid nematodes of amphibians and reptiles: A checklist of Caribbean, Panamanian, and Neotropical species and notes on their biology and host associations. Parasitology 153:169-185. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182025101364

Revised by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 24, 2026.