Typhlops jerdoni

Typhlops jerdoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. jerdoni
Binomial name
Typhlops jerdoni
Boulenger, 1890
Synonyms
  • Typhlops jerdoni - Boulenger, 1890
  • Typhlops jerdoni - Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops diversiceps - Annandale, 1912
  • Typhlops jerdonii - Bourret, 1936
  • Typhlops jerdoni - Hahn, 1980[1]
Common names: Jerdon's worm snake.

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

Geographic range

Found in eastern and northern India in Sikkim, northern West Bengal, Seven Sisters [Assam], and Meghalaya. Possibly, it also occurs in Bangladesh, Myanmar (Pegu). The type locality given is "Khási Hills Meghalaya State, northeastern India]" [Seven Sisters, Assam, India].[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 jerdoni". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2007.

Further reading

  • Annandale N. 1912. Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912.Rec. Indian Mus., Calcutta, 8 (1): 7-59 [Reptilia, pages 37–59] (supplement in same journal, 8 (4): 357-358, 1914).
  • Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.

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