Typhlops jerdoni

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Jerdon's Worm Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Typhlopidae Genus: Typhlops Species: T. jerdoni
Binomial name
Typhlops jerdoni (Boulenger, 1890)

Jerdon's Worm Snake Typhlops jerdoni is a species of snake. It is found in Nepal, India (Assam), Bhutan, Myanmar (= Burma). Type locality: "Pasighai, 500 ft., Abor district, Assam, India" (ANNANDALE 1912) Type locality: "Khasi Hills, Assam, India" (Boulenger 1890)

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database

[edit] References

• Annandale, Nelson 1912 Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912.Rec. Indian Mus., Calcutta, 8 (1): 7-59 [Reptilia, pages 37-59] (supplement in same journal, 8 (4): 357-358, 1914).
• Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.