Biology:Gerrhopilus oligolepis

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Short description: Species of snake

Gerrhopilus oligolepis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Gerrhopilus
Species:
G. oligolepis
Binomial name
Gerrhopilus oligolepis
(Wall, 1909)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops oligolepis Wall, 1909

Gerrhopilus oligolepis, also known as the few-scaled worm snake[2] or Wall's worm snake,[1] is a harmless blind snake species found in northern India and Nepal. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

Geographic range

Found in the eastern Himalayas in India in the area of Sikkim and Darjeeling[1][3] and in Nepal.[2] The type locality given is "Nagri Valley below Darjeeling [India] at an altitude of about 5000 feet."[2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wallach, V. (2010). "Gerrhopilus oligolepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178445A7548516. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178445A7548516.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178445/7548516. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Gerrhopilus oligolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 August 2018.
  3. 3.0 3.1 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).

Further reading

  • Wall F. 1909. Notes on snakes from the neighbourhood of Darjeeling. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19:337-357.

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