Indotyphlops lazelli
Appearance
Indotyphlops lazelli | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Indotyphlops |
Species: | I. lazelli
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Binomial name | |
Indotyphlops lazelli | |
Synonyms[3] | |
Typhlops lazelli Wallach & Pauwels, 2004[2] |
Indotyphlops lazelli, commonly known as the Hong Kong blind snake or Lazell's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. This species is characterized by having 18 scale rows.[2] It is endemic to Hong Kong (southern China).[3][4]
References
- ^ Lau, M. (2012). "Indotyphlops lazelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199780A2611942. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T199780A2611942.en.
- ^ a b Wallach, V.; Pauwels, Olivier S. G. (2004). "Typhlops lazelli, a new species of Chinese blindsnake from Hong Kong (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Breviora. 512: 1–21. doi:10.3099/0006-9698(2004)512[1:TLANSO]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ a b Indotyphlops lazelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 June 2020.
- ^ Zhao, E.M. 2006. The snakes of China [in Chinese]. Hefei, China, Anhui Science & Technology Publ. House, Vol. I, 372 pp., Vol. II (color plates), 280 pp.