Typhlops pammeces

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Typhlops pammeces
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. pammeces
Binomial name
Typhlops pammeces
Günther, 1864
Synonyms
  • Typhlops tenuis - Günther, 1864
  • Typhlops pammeces - Günther, 1864
  • Typhlops braminus var. pammeces - Boettger, 1898
  • Typhlops psammophilus - Annandale, 1906
  • Typhlops psammeces - M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Typhlops pammeces - Hahn, 1980[1]
Common names: peninsular worm snake.

Typhlops pammeces is a harmless blind snake species found in southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

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[edit] Geographic range

Found in southern India. The type locality given is "Madras" [India].[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ Typhlops pammeces (TSN 634671). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 1 September 2007.

[edit] Further reading

  • Annandale N. 1906. Notes on the fauna of a desert tract in southern India. Part. I. Batrachians and reptiles, with remarks on the reptiles of the desert region of the North-West Frontier. Mem asiatic Soc Bengal Calcutta 1: 183-202.
  • Günther A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.

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