Typhlops diardii

Typhlops diardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Typhlops
Species:	T. diardii
Binomial name
Typhlops diardii Schlegel, 1839
Synonyms
Typhlops Diardii Schlegel, 1839 Typhlops Mülleri Schlegel, 1839 Typhlops nigro-albus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Argyrophis bicolor Gray, 1845 Argyrophis Horsfieldii Gray, 1845 Typhlops striolatus W. Peters, 1861 T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) nigroalbus — Jan, 1863 T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Schneideri Jan, 1863 F[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Diardi — Jan, 1863 T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Mülleri — Jan, 1863 T[yphlops]. Diardi — Jan & Sordelli, 1864 T[yphlops]. bicolor — Jan & Sordelli, 1864 T[yphlops]. Mülleri — Jan & Sordelli, 1864 T[yphlops]. nigroalbus — Jan & Sordelli, 1864 Typhlops horsfieldii — Günther, 1864 T[yphlops]. Schneideri — Jan & Sordelli, 1865 Tychlpos Diardii — Steindachner, 1867 Typhlops barmanus Stoliczka, 1872 Typhlops diardi — Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops muelleri — Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops nigroalbus — Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops schneideri — Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops kapaladua Annandale, 1906 Typhlops tephrosoma Wall, 1908 [Typhlops diardi] var. cinereus Wall, 1909 Typhlops labialis Waite, 1918 Typhlops diardi diardi — M.A. Smith, 1923 Typhlops diardi nigroalbus — M.A. Smith, 1923 Typhlops fusconotus Brongersma, 1934 Typhlops diardi mülleri — Brongersma, 1934 Typhlops diardi — Bourret, 1936 Typhlops d[ardi]. tephrosoma — Bourret, 1936 Typhlops diardi diardi — Hahn, 1980 Typhlops muelleri — Hahn, 1980[1] Typhlops diardii — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999 Asiatyphlops diardii — Hedges et al., 2014 Argyrophis diardii — Pyron & Wallach, 2014[2]

Common names: Diard's blindsnake.

Typhlops diardii is a harmless blind snake species found mainly in Southeast Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, diardii, is in honor of French naturalist Pierre-Médard Diard.^[4]

Geographic range

T. diardii is found in India (Jalpaiguri-West Bengal, as far west as Dun Valley in Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Nias Island, Sumatra, Web Island (off northwest Sumatra), Bangka, and Borneo.

The type locality given is "Cochinchina [southern Vietnam]". Saint Girons (1972:32) described it as "Cochinchina sans certitude [southern Vietnam without certainty]", and Hahn (1980:56) as "East Indies".^[1]

Taxonomy

Typhlops meulleri Schlegel, 1839, is believed to be a valid species.^[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. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 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. "Argyrophis diardii ". The Reptile Database.
3. "Typhlops diardii ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops diardi, p. 71).

5. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/178696/0

Further reading

• 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 and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops diardi, pp. 22–23; T. muelleri, p. 25; T. nigroalbus, p. 24; T. schneideri, p. 27).
• Khan MS. 1998. Notes on Typhlops diardi Schlegel, 1839, with description of a new subspecies (Squamata, Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Pakistan Journal of Zoology 30 (3): 231-221.
• Schlegel H. 1839. Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter Amphibien, nach der Natur oder dem Leben entworfen und mit einem erläuternden Texte begleitet. Düsseldorf: Arnz & Comp. xiv + 141 pp. (Typhlops diardii, new species, p. 39). (in German).
• Wallach V. 2000. Critical review of some recent descriptions of Pakistani Typhlops by M.S. Khan, 1999 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Hamadryad 25 (2): 129-143.

External links

• Argyrophis diardii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 January 2015.