Typhlops beddomii

Typhlops beddomii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. beddomii
Binomial name
Typhlops beddomii
Boulenger, 1890
Synonyms
  • Typhlops beddomii - Boulenger, 1890
  • Typhlops beddomii - Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops beddomei - Wall, 1923
  • Typhlops beddomei - M.A. Smith, 1943[1]
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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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]

See also

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 beddomii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634598. Retrieved 31 August 2007. 

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

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