Indotyphlops jerdoni

Indotyphlops jerdoni, or Jerdon's worm snake, 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]

Indotyphlops jerdoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Indotyphlops
Species:
I. jerdoni
Binomial name
Indotyphlops jerdoni
(Boulenger, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops jerdoni
    Boulenger, 1890
  • Typhlops jerdoni
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops diversiceps
    Annandale, 1912
  • Typhlops jerdonii
    Bourret, 1936
  • Typhlops jerdoni
    Hahn, 1980[1]
  • Indotyphlops jerdoni
    Hedges et al., 2014[2]

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]

References
  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. "Indotyphlops jerdoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Typhlops jerdoni ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  4. 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).
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