Indotyphlops tenuicollis

Indotyphlops tenuicollis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Indotyphlops
Species:	I. tenuicollis
Binomial name
Indotyphlops tenuicollis (Peters, 1864)
Synonyms
Onychocephalus (Opthalmidion) tenuicollis - Peters, 1864 Typhlops Theobaldianus - Stoliczka, 1871 T[yphlops]. Theobaldanus - Theobald, 1876 T[yphlops]. tenuicollis - Theobald, 1876 Typhlops theobaldianus - Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops tenuicollis - Boulenger, 1893 [2]

Indotyphlops tenuicollis, the Samagutin worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species found in northern India. No subspecies are currently recognized. ^[3]

Geographic range

Definitely only known from Nagaland in northern India. The type locality given is "angelich aus dem Himalaya" (Himalayas). ^[2]

References

1. Wallach, V. (2010). "Indotyphlops tenuicollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T178570A7572909. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178570A7572909.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN   1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN   1-893777-01-4 (volume).
3. "Typhlops tenuicollis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 1 September 2007.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
• Peters W. 1864. Über neue Amphibien (Typhloscincus, Typhlops, Asthenodipsas, Ogmodon). Mber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin: 271-276.
• Stoliczka F. 1871. Notes on some Indian and Burmese Ophidians. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40: 421-445
• Theobald, W. 1876 Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp.

External links

• Indotyphlops tenuicollis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 1 September 2007.