Biology:Thurston'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: | Gerrhopilidae |
| Genus: | Gerrhopilus |
| Species: | G. thurstoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Gerrhopilus thurstoni (Boettger, 1890)
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Thurston's worm snake (Gerrhopilus thurstoni) is a harmless blind snake species found in western India . No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]
Etymology
The specific name, thurstoni, is in honor of British zoologist Edgar Thurston.[5]
Geographic range
In western India, it has been found in southern Goa, from sea level to approximately 1,200 m elevation (4,000 feet),[2] and in Kerala.[3]
The type locality given is "Nilgiri Hills, Brit. Ostindien ".[2][3][6]
References
- ↑ "Typhlops thurstoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2013: e.T172715A1373521. 2013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172715A1373521.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/172715/0. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Gerrhopilus thurstoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Typhlops thurstoni". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634695. Retrieved 1 September 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 thurstoni, p. 265).
- ↑ Boettger 1890.
Further reading
- Boettger O (1890). "Neue Schlange aus Ostindien ". Berichte über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main 1890: 297-298. (Typhlops thurstoni, new species). (in German and Latin).
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor & Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. ("Typhlops thurstonii [sic]", p. 26).
- 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. (Gerrhopilus thurstoni, new combination).
- Procter JB (1924). "Description of a new Typhlops from S. India and Notes on Brachyophidium and Platyplectrurus ". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ninth Series 13: 139-142. (Typhlops walli, new species).
- 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 thurstoni, p. 49).
External links
- Gerrhopilus thurstoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 April 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q3020764 entry
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