Typhlops thurstoni

Typhlops thurstoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. thurstoni
Binomial name
Typhlops thurstoni
Boettger, 1890
Synonyms
  • Typhlops thurstoni - Boettger, 1890
  • Typhlops thurstonii - Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops walli - Procter, 1924
  • Typhlops hurstonii - Bourret, 1936[2]
Common names: Thurston's worm snake.

Typhlops thurstoni is a harmless blind snake species found in western India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Geographic range

Found in south of Goa in western India, from sea level to approximately 1,200 m elevation (4,000 feet). The type locality given is [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Srinivasulu, B.; Srinivasulu, C. & Ganesan, S.R. (2013). "Typhlops thurstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. 1 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 thurstoni". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

Further reading

  • Boettger O. 1890. Ber. senckenb. naturf. Ges., Frankfurt am Main, 1890:298.
  • Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
  • Procter JB. 1924. Description of a new Typhlops from S. India and notes on Brachyophidium and Platyplectrurus. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 13:139-142.
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