Indotyphlops tenuicollis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Indotyphlops |
| Species: | I. tenuicollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Indotyphlops tenuicollis (Peters, 1864)
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Indotyphlops tenuicollis, the Samagutin worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species found in northern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]Definitely only known from Nagaland in northern India. The type locality given is "angelich aus dem Himalaya" (Himalayas).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ "Typhlops tenuicollis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
Further reading
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Indotyphlops tenuicollis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 September 2007.