Indotyphlops exiguus

Indotyphlops exiguus, the Belgaum worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species found in India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3][4]

Indotyphlops exiguus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Indotyphlops
Species:
I. exiguus
Binomial name
Indotyphlops exiguus
(Jan, 1864)
Synonyms
  • T[yphlops]. exiguus - Jan In Jan & Sordelli, 1864
  • Typhlops exiguus - Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops exignus - Werner, 1921[2]

Geographic range

Found in southwestern India where it is known only from Belgaum in the state of Karnataka. The type locality given is "Indes orientalis" [East Indies].[2]

References
  1. Srinivasulu, B., Srinivasulu, C. & Ganesan, S.R. 2013. Typhlops exiguus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172664A1362374. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172664A1362374.en. Downloaded on 12 August 2018.
  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).
  3. "Typhlops exiguus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  4. Indotyphlops exiguus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
  • Jan G. 1864. Iconogr. gén. Ophid., 1 (3. livr.): 3.
  • Werner F. 1921. Synopsis der Schlangenfamilie der Typhlopiden auf Grund des Boulenger'schen Schlangenkatalogs (1893-1896). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 87A: 266-330.
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