Typhlops loveridgei
| Typhlops loveridgei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Typhlops |
| Species: | T. loveridgei |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlops loveridgei Constable, 1949[1] | |
- Common names: Loveridge's worm snake.
Typhlops loveridgei is a harmless blind snake species found in northern India. It is named after Arthur Loveridge, an American herpetologist. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
Geographic range
This species is known only from the type specimen, the type locality for which is uncertain: "probably from North India," and likely from "Ambala or the Kulu Valley."[1]
See also
- List of typhlopid species and subspecies.
- Typhlops by common name.
- Typhlops by taxonomic synonyms.
- Typhlopidae by common name.
- Typhlopidae by taxonomic synonyms.
References
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Typhlops loveridgei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
Further reading
- Constable, JD. 1940. Reptiles from the Indian Peninsula in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Cambridge (Massachusetts), 103 (2:) 59-160. online
External links
- Typhlops loveridgei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2007.