﻿AbstractA new species ofLiotyphlopsPeters, 1881,Liotyphlopspalauophissp. nov., is described from the neighborhoods of Bogota, Colombia from a previous syntype ofL.anops, and a lectotype is designated for the latter species. The new species is readily distinguished from congeners by having the frontal scale divided (vs single), and a central foramen in the parabasisphenoid (vs foramen absent). High-resolution x-ray computed tomography (HRXCT) was used to study and present data on the skull of the holotype of the new species, the lectotype ofL.anops, and the holotype ofL.ternetzii. Additionally, extensive study of skull characters and external morphology failed to find diagnostic characters to differentiateL.beuiandL.ternetzii, and the former is here considered a junior synonym ofL.ternetzii, which is also redescribed.