Andaman worm snake
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| Species: | T. andamanensis
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| Typhlops andamanensis Stoliczka, 1871
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- Common names: Andaman worm snake.
Typhlops andamanensis is a harmless blind snake species found in the Andaman Islands. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2][3]
Geographic range
Found in the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. The type locality given is "Andaman Islands."[1]
See also
- List of typhlopid species and subspecies
- Typhlops by common name
- Typhlops by taxonomic synonyms
- Typhlopidae by common name
- Typhlopidae by taxonomic synonyms
References
- ^ 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 andamanensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
- ^ Gerrhopilus andamanensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 June 2016.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
- Stoliczka F. 1871. Notes on some Indian and Burmese Ophidians. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40: 421-445