The Leptotyphlops reticulatus species group This group is characterised by the presence of a discrete frontal shield, a rounded snout in lateral view, 10 midtail scale rows, a moderate anterior supralabial, a stout apical spine on the tail (Wallach, 1996), a moderate posterior supralabial and a crescentic cloacal shield. The robust skull has fused parietal bones in Leptotyphlops reticulatus and L. boulengeri. This group was initially known as the L. boulengeri species group (Wallach, 1996).

Published as part of Published, First, 2007, A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 1408 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6789060