Gerrhopilus tindalli

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Gerrhopilus tindalli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Gerrhopilus
Species:
G. tindalli
Binomial name
Gerrhopilus tindalli
(M.A. Smith, 1943)
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • Typhlops tindalli
    M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Gerrhopilus tindalli
    Vidal et al., 2010

Gerrhopilus tindalli, commonly named the Nilgiri Hills worm snake or Tindall's worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Gerrhopilidae, native to southern India. [4]

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Etymology

The specific name, tindalli, is in honor of Roger Tindall. [5]

Geographic range

G. tindalli is found in India in the Nilgiri Hills, Malabar District. The type locality given is "Nilambur, Malabar district" [India]. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. tindalli is forest. [1]

Reproduction

G. tindalli is oviparous. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Ganesan, S.R. (2013). "Gerrhopilus tindalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T172595A1348596. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172595A1348596.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  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).
  3. 1 2 Gerrhopilus tindalli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 September 2015.
  4. "Typhlops tindalli ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  5. 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 tindalli, p. 266).

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