Typhlops meszoelyi

Typhlops meszoelyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Typhlops
Species:	T. meszoelyi
Binomial name
Typhlops meszoelyi Wallach, 1999
Synonyms[1]
Typhlops meszoelyi Wallach, 1999 Indotyphlops meszoelyi — Hedges et al., 2014

Common names: Darjeeling worm snake.

Typhlops meszoelyi is a harmless blind snake species found in Darjeeling, West Bengal Province, India. It was named after Dr. Charles A.M. Meszoely^[2] of the Center for Vertebrate Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

References

1. "Indotyphlops meszoelyi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. 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 meszoelyi, p. 177).

Further reading

• 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 meszoelyi, new combination).

• Wallach V. 1999. "Typhlops meszoelyi, A New Species of Blind Snake from Northeastern India (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Herpetologica 55 (2): 185-191