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Genus of snakes
Indotyphlops is a
genus of
snakes of the
family
Typhlopidae . The genus is
endemic to
Asia .
Species
The genus Indotyphlops contains the following 23
species which are recognized as being valid.
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Indotyphlops ahsanai (
Khan , 1999)
Indotyphlops albiceps (
Boulenger , 1898) - white-headed blind snake
Indotyphlops braminus (
Daudin , 1803) - flowerpot snake, Brahminy blindsnake, bootlace snake
Indotyphlops exiguus (
Jan , 1864) - Belgaum worm snake
Indotyphlops filiformis (
A.M.C. Duméril &
Bibron , 1844) - file worm snake
Indotyphlops fletcheri (
Wall , 1919)
Indotyphlops jerdoni (Boulenger, 1890) - Jerdon's worm snake
Indotyphlops laca O'Shea, Wallach, Hsiao & Kaiser, 2023 - Laca's worm snake
Indotyphlops lankaensis (
Taylor , 1947) - Sri Lanka worm snake
Indotyphlops lazelli (
Wallach &
Pauwels , 2004)
Indotyphlops leucomelas (Boulenger, 1890) - pied worm snake
Indotyphlops longissimus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844) - long worm snake
Indotyphlops loveridgei (
Constable , 1949) - Loveridge's worm snake
Indotyphlops madgemintonae (Khan, 1999)
Indotyphlops malcolmi (Taylor, 1947) - Malcolm's worm snake
Indotyphlops meszoelyi (Wallach, 1999) - Darjeeling worm snake
Indotyphlops mollyozakiae (Wallach, 2020) - Molly Ozaki’s blind snake
Indotyphlops pammeces (
Günther , 1864) - South India worm snake
Indotyphlops porrectus (
Stoliczka , 1871) - slender worm snake
Indotyphlops schmutzi (
Auffenberg , 1980) - Schmutz's worm snake
Indotyphlops tenebrarum (Taylor, 1947)
Indotyphlops tenuicollis (
W. Peters , 1864) - Samagutin worm snake
Indotyphlops veddae (Taylor, 1947) - Vedda worm snake
Indotyphlops violaceus (Taylor, 1947) - violet worm Snake
Nota bene : A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Indotyphlops .
References
Further reading
Hedges, S. Blair ; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49 : 1-61. (Indotyphlops , new genus, pp. 37–38).