Biology:Indotyphlops tenuicollis

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Short description: Species of snake

Indotyphlops tenuicollis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Indotyphlops
Species:
I. tenuicollis
Binomial name
Indotyphlops tenuicollis
(Peters, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Onychocephalus (Opthalmidion) tenuicollis - Peters, 1864
  • Typhlops Theobaldianus - Stoliczka, 1871
  • T[yphlops]. Theobaldanus - Theobald, 1876
  • T[yphlops]. tenuicollis - Theobald, 1876
  • Typhlops theobaldianus - Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops tenuicollis - Boulenger, 1893[2]

Indotyphlops tenuicollis, the Samagutin worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species found in northern India . No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Geographic range

Definitely only known from Nagaland in northern India . The type locality given is "angelich aus dem Himalaya" (Himalayas).[2]

References

  1. Wallach, V. (2010). "Indotyphlops tenuicollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178570A7572909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178570A7572909.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178570/7572909. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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).
  3. "Typhlops tenuicollis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634692. Retrieved 1 September 2007. 

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
  • Peters W. 1864. Über neue Amphibien (Typhloscincus, Typhlops, Asthenodipsas, Ogmodon). Mber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin: 271-276.
  • Stoliczka F. 1871. Notes on some Indian and Burmese Ophidians. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40: 421-445
  • Theobald, W. 1876 Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3005272 entry