Indotyphlops

Indotyphlops
Indotyphlops braminus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Subfamily:	Asiatyphlopinae
Genus:	Indotyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014

Indotyphlops is a genus of snakes of the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to Asia.

Species

The genus Indotyphlops contains the following 23 species which are recognized as being valid. ^[1]

• Indotyphlops ahsanai (Khan, 1999)
• Indotyphlops albiceps (Boulenger, 1898) – white-headed blind snake
• Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) – flowerpot snake, Brahminy blindsnake, bootlace snake
• Indotyphlops exiguus (Jan, 1864) – Belgaum worm snake
• Indotyphlops filiformis (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844) – file worm snake
• Indotyphlops fletcheri (Wall, 1919)
• Indotyphlops jerdoni (Boulenger, 1890) – Jerdon's worm snake
• Indotyphlops laca O'Shea, Wallach, Hsiao & Kaiser, 2023 – Laca's worm snake
• Indotyphlops lankaensis (Taylor, 1947) – Sri Lanka worm snake
• Indotyphlops lazelli (Wallach & Pauwels, 2004)
• Indotyphlops leucomelas (Boulenger, 1890) – pied worm snake
• Indotyphlops longissimus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844) – long worm snake
• Indotyphlops loveridgei (Constable, 1949) – Loveridge's worm snake
• Indotyphlops madgemintonae (Khan, 1999)
• Indotyphlops malcolmi (Taylor, 1947) – Malcolm's worm snake
• Indotyphlops meszoelyi (Wallach, 1999) – Darjeeling worm snake
• Indotyphlops mollyozakiae (Wallach, 2020) – Molly Ozaki’s blind snake
• Indotyphlops pammeces (Günther, 1864) – South India worm snake
• Indotyphlops porrectus (Stoliczka, 1871) – slender worm snake
• Indotyphlops schmutzi (Auffenberg, 1980) – Schmutz's worm snake
• Indotyphlops tenebrarum (Taylor, 1947)
• Indotyphlops tenuicollis (W. Peters, 1864) – Samagutin worm snake
• Indotyphlops veddae (Taylor, 1947) – Vedda worm snake
• Indotyphlops violaceus (Taylor, 1947) – violet worm Snake

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Indotyphlops.

Ecological importance

By preying on termites and ants, Indotyphlops species contribute to regulating insect populations and play a beneficial role in agricultural and natural ecosystems.

References

1. Genus Indotyphlops at The Reptile Database

Further reading

• Hedges, S. Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology49: 1-61. (Indotyphlops, new genus, pp. 37–38).