Leptotyphlops blanfordi

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Blanford's worm snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species: blanfordi
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops blanfordi
(Boulenger, 1890)
Synonyms

Glauconia blanfordii

Blanford's worm snake Leptotyphlops blanfordi is a species of snake. Distribution: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, S Saudi Arabia, S Iran Named after William Thomas Blanford (1832 - 1905), member of the Geological Survey of India.


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  • Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
  • Hahn D. E. & V. Wallach, 1998 Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62
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