@PHDTHESIS{ 2018:1839754000,
 	title = {A revision of the small snakes of the family Anomalepididae (Reptilia: Squamata: Serpentes), using high resolution computerized tomography},
 	year = {2018},
 	url = "http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/8086",
 	abstract = "The family Anomalepididae currently consists of 18 species known as "blind
 snakes", fossorial in habit and with geographical distribution restricted to the
 Neotropical region. Practically, there is no information about the life history of the
 Anomalepididae, because they are difficult to collect and the maintenance in captivity
 for biology studies is quite difficult. The information available regarding
 Anomalepididae snakes is concentrated on anatomical studies, mainly osteology of the
 skull, taxonomy, and phylogeny at the level of families within Serpentes. But since the
 description of Anomalepididae by Taylor in 1939, there has been no comprehensive
 taxonomic review within the family or some phylogenetic inference with new
 taxonomic arrangements. In relation to the taxonomy of the group, the literature is
 restricted to the description of new species and taxonomic revisions of two genera
 (Anomalepis and Liotyphlops). The primary objective of this study was the taxonomic
 revision of the Anomalepididae and, for this, all possible sampling of species and
 specimens were used in the acquisition of morphological data, besides the use of the
 High-resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography (HRXCT) technique. The secondary
 objective was to infer a phylogenetic hypothesis for the species within Anomalepididae
 based on the anatomical characters obtained from the specimen examination. This work
 resulted in a new taxonomic arrangment for Anomalepididae, with 19 valid species,
 description of two new species of Liotyphlops from Brazil, being one for the state of
 Mato Grosso and the other for the state of Santa Catarina, and the re-conduction of
 Liotyphlops beui to the synonymy of Liotyphlops ternetzii. In addition, the parsimony
 analysis based on characters from the skull and external morphology recovered
 Anomalepididae as a monophyletic taxon within Scolecophidia.",
 	publisher = {Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul},
 	scholl = {Programa de Pós Graduação em Zoologia},
 	note = {Escola de Ciências}
}