Typhlops diardii

Typhlops diardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. diardii
Binomial name
Typhlops diardii
Schlegel, 1839
Synonyms
  • Typhlops Diardii - Schlegel, 1839
  • Typhlops Mülleri - Schlegel, 1839
  • Typhlops nigro-albus - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron
  • Argyrophis bicolor - Gray, 1845
  • Argyrophis Horsfieldii - Gray, 1845
  • Typhlops striolatus - Peters, 1861
  • T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) nigroalbus - Jan, 1863
  • T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Schneideri - Jan, 1863
  • F[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Diardi - Jan, 1863
  • T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Mülleri - Jan, 1863
  • T[yphlops]. Diardi - Jan & Sordelli, 1864
  • T[yphlops]. bicolor - Jan & Sordelli, 1864
  • T[yphlops]. Mülleri - Jan & Sordelli, 1864
  • T[yphlops]. nigroalbus - Jan & Sordelli, 1864
  • Typhlops horsfieldii - Günther, 1864
  • T[yphlops]. Schneideri - Jan & Sordelli, 1865
  • Tychlpos Diardii - Steindachner, 1867
  • Typhlops barmanus - Stoliczka, 1872
  • Typhlops diardi - Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops muelleri - Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops nigroalbus - Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops schneideri - Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops kapaladua - Annandale, 1906
  • Typhlops tephrosoma - Wall, 1908
  • [Typhlops diardi] var. cinereus - Wall, 1909
  • Typhlops labialis - Waite, 1918
  • Typhlops diardi diardi - M.A. Smith, 1923
  • Typhlops diardi nigroalbus - M.A. Smith, 1923
  • Typhlops fusconotus - Brongersma, 1934
  • Typhlops diardi mülleri - Brongersma, 1934
  • Typhlops diardi - Bourret, 1936
  • Typhlops d[ardi]. tephrosoma - Bourret, 1936
  • Typhlops diardi diardi - Hahn, 1980
  • Typhlops muelleri - Hahn, 1980[1]
Common names: Diard's blindsnake.

Typhlops diardii is a harmless blind snake species found mainly in Southeast Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

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Geographic range

Found in India (as far west as Dun Valley in Assam), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Nias Island, Sumatra, Web Island (off northwest Sumatra), Bangka and Borneo. The type locality given is "Cochinchina" (southern Vietnam). Saint Girons (1972:32) described it as "Cochinchina sans certitude" and Hahn (1890:56) as "East Indies."[1]

Taxonomy

Typhlops meulleri Schlegel, 1839, is believed to be a valid species.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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 diardii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634623. Retrieved 31 August 2007. 

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
  • Khan, MS. 1998. Notes on Typhlops diardi Schlegel, 1839, with description of a new subspecies (Squamata, Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 30 (3): 231-221
  • Schlegel H. 1839. Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter Amphibien, nach der Natur oder dem Leben entworfen und mit einem erläuternden Texte begleitet. Arne and Co., Düsseldorf, xiv + 141 pp.
  • Wallach, V. 2000. Critical review of some recent descriptions of Pakistani Typhlops by M. S. KHAN, 1999 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Hamadryad, 25(2): 129-143

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