Indotyphlops ahsanai

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Indotyphlops ahsanai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Indotyphlops
Species:
I. ahsanai
Binomial name
Indotyphlops ahsanai
(Khan, 1999)
Synonyms [1]
  • Typhlops ahsanai
    Khan, 1999
  • Indotyphlops ahsanai
    Hedges et al., 2014

Indotyphlops ahsanai is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [2] The species is endemic to Pakistan. Its taxonomic status is uncertain. [1]

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Etymology

The specific name, ahsanai, is in honor of Pakistani zoologist Ahsanul-Islam (1927–1974). [3]

Geographic range

I. ahsanai is found in Kotli district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Species Indotyphlops ahsanai at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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).
  3. 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 ahsanai, p. 3).

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