Typhlops tenuicollis

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Typhlops tenuicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. tenuicollis
Binomial name
Typhlops tenuicollis
(Peters, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Onychocephalus (Opthalmidion) tenuicollis - Peters, 1864
  • Typhlops Theobaldianus - Stoliczka, 1871
  • T[yphlops]. Theobaldanus - Theobald, 1876
  • T[yphlops]. tenuicollis - Theobald, 1876
  • Typhlops theobaldianus - Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops tenuicollis - Boulenger, 1893[1]
Common names: Samagutin worm snake.

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

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[edit] Geographic range

Definitely only known from Nagaland in northern India. The type locality given is "angelich aus dem Himalaya" (Himalayas).[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 tenuicollis (TSN 634692). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 1 September 2007.

[edit] Further reading

  • Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
  • Peters W. 1864. Über neue Amphibien (Typhloscincus, Typhlops, Asthenodipsas, Ogmodon). Mber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss.,Berlin: 271-276.
  • Stoliczka F. 1871. Notes on some Indian and Burmese Ophidians. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40: 421-445
  • Theobald,W. 1876 Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp.

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