Typhlops beddomii
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- Common names: Beddome's worm snake.
Typhlops beddomii is a harmless blind snake species found in southern India. Named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830-1911: a British army officer and botanist. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
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[edit] Geographic range
Found in southern India in the Western Ghats and in the Kimedy Hills near Vizagapatam in eastern India. The type locality given is "Hills of the Indian Peninsula ... Kimedy Hills, (Vizagapatnam district) and in the Anaimalai and Tranvancore Hills between 2000 and 5000 feet."[1]
[edit] See also
- List of typhlopid species and subspecies.
- Typhlops by common name.
- Typhlops by taxonomic synonyms.
- Typhlopidae by common name.
- Typhlopidae by taxonomic synonyms.
[edit] References
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ Typhlops beddomii (TSN 634598). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 31 August 2007.
[edit] Further reading
- Boulenger, GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
- Wallach V. 1999. Typhlops meszoelyi, A new species of blind snake from northeastern India (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Herpetologica 55 (2): 185-191
[edit] External links
- Typhlops beddomii at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2007.
