Biology:Jerdon's worm snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Indotyphlops |
| Species: | I. jerdoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Indotyphlops jerdoni (Boulenger, 1890)
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Jerdon's worm snake (Indotyphlops jerdoni ) is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to India . There are no subspecies which are recognized as being valid.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, jerdoni, is in honor of British biologist Thomas C. Jerdon.[4]
Geographic range
Indotyphlops jerdoni is found in eastern and northern India in Sikkim, northern West Bengal, Seven Sisters [Assam], and Meghalaya. Possibly, it also occurs in Bangladesh and Myanmar (Pegu).
The type locality given is "Khási Hills".[1]
Reproduction
Indotyphlops jerdoni is oviparous.[2]
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 TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN:1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN:1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Indotyphlops jerdoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Typhlops jerdoni ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634643. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops jerdoni, p. 134).
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. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor & Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Typhlops jerdoni, new species, p. 238).
- Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN:0-88359-056-5. (Typhlops jerdoni, p. 58).
- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Indotyphlops jerdoni, new combination).
- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Typhlops jerdoni, p. 50).
External links
- Indotyphlops jerdoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 October 2015.
Wikidata ☰ Q3008460 entry
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