Biology:Loveridge'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. loveridgei
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| Indotyphlops loveridgei (Constable, 1949)[1]
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Loveridge's worm snake (Indotyphlops loveridgei) is a harmless blind snake species endemic to northern India . No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.[3]
Geographic range
It 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.
- 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).
- ↑ "Typhlops loveridgei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634654. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops loveridgei, p. 161).
Further reading
- Constable JD. 1940. Reptiles from the Indian Peninsula in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 103 (2): 59-160. (Typhlops loveridgei, new species, pp. 110–111).online
External links
- Indotyphlops loveridgei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2007.
Wikidata ☰ Q3017849 entry
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