Argyrophis oatesii

Argyrophis oatesii
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Argyrophis
Species:	A. oatesii
Binomial name
	Argyrophis oatesii; Boulenger, 1890
Synonyms [2] [3]
	Typhlops oatesii; Boulenger, 1890; Typhlops oatesii; — Boulenger, 1893; Typhlops oatesi; — Wall, 1923; Asiatyphlops oatesii; — Hedges et al., 2014; Argyrophis oatesii; — Pyron & Wallach, 2014;

Last updated March 21, 2020

Argyrophis oatesii, also known commonly as the Andaman Island worm snake or Oates's blind snake, is a species of harmless snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Andaman Islands. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.^[4]

Etymology

The specific name, oatesii, is in honor of English ornithologist Eugene William Oates.^[5]

Geographic range

Until recently, A. oatesii was only known from the type locality, which is "Table Island, Cocos Group, Andamans" in the Bay of Bengal. Table Island belongs to Myanmar. However, Murthy and Chakrapany (1983), reported finding a second specimen from the island of Mayabunder, just off the coast of Middle Andaman Island, which belongs to India.^[2]

Description

Boulenger (1893) described A. oatesii as follows: "24 scales round the body. Yellowish, with confluent brown spots corresponding to the series of scales and forming longitudinal lines which are broader than the interspaces. Total length [including tail] 200 millim. [7.9 inches]."

Reproduction

Argyrophis oatesii is oviparous.^[3]

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References

↑ Wogan G (2012). "Typhlops oatesii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T191999A2026021. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191999A2026021.en. Downloaded on 10 August 2018.
1 2 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).
1 2 Species Argyrophis oatesii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
↑ "Typhlops oatesii ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 31 August 2007.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 26 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops oatesii, p. 193).

Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Typhlops oatesii, new species, p. 238).
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 oatesii, pp. 23–24 + Plate II, figures 3a, 3b, 3c).
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. (Asiatyphlops oatesii, new combination).
Murthy TSN, Chakrapany S (1983). "Rediscovery of the blind snake Typhlops oatesii in Andamans, India". The Snake15 (1): 48–49, 2 figures.
Pyron RA, Wallach V (2014). "Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidea: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence". Zootaxa3829 (1): 001–081. (Argyrophis oatesii, 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 oatesii, p. 53).

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[1] Wogan G (2012). "Typhlops oatesii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T191999A2026021. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191999A2026021.en. Downloaded on 10 August 2018.

[McD99-2] 1 2 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).

[RDB-3] 1 2 Species Argyrophis oatesii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

[ITIS-4] "Typhlops oatesii ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 31 August 2007.

[5] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 26 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops oatesii, p. 193).