| Typhlops oatesii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Typhlops |
| Species: | T. oatesii |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlops oatesii Boulenger, 1890 |
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Typhlops oatesii is a harmless blind snake species found in the Cocos Islands. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
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Until recently, this species was only known from the type locality, which is "Table Island, Cocos Group, Andamans" in the Bay of Bengal. Table Island belongs to Myanmar. However, Murthay and Chakrapany (1983), reported finding a second specimen from the island of Mayabunder, just off the coast of Middle Andaman Island, which belongs to India.[1]