Typhlops andamanensis

Typhlops andamanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. andamanensis
Binomial name
Typhlops andamanensis
Stoliczka, 1871
Synonyms
  • Typhlops Andamanensis - Stoliczka, 1871
  • Typhlops andamanensis - Boulenger, 1893[1]
Common names: Andaman worm snake.

Typhlops andamanensis is a harmless blind snake species found in the Andaman Islands. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

Geographic range

Found in the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. The type locality given is "Andaman Islands."[1]

See also

References

  1. 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).
  2. "Typhlops andamanensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
  • Stoliczka F. 1871. Notes on some Indian and Burmese Ophidians. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40: 421-445

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