Typhlops oligolepis
| Typhlops oligolepis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Typhlops |
| Species: | T. oligolepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlops oligolepis Wall, 1909 | |
| Synonyms | |
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- Common names: few-scaled worm snake.
Typhlops oligolepis is a harmless blind snake species found in northern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
Geographic range
Found in the eastern Himalayas in India in the area of Sikkim and Darjiling district. The type locality given is "Nagri Valley below Darjeeling [India] at an altitude of about 5000 feet."[1]
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 2 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).
- ↑ "Typhlops oligolepis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
Further reading
- Wall F. 1909. Notes on snakes from the neighbourhood of Darjeeling. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19:337-357.
External links
- Typhlops oligolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 September 2007.
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