Indotyphlops jerdoni, or Jerdon's worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to India. There are no subspecies which are recognized as being valid.[4]
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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. jerdoni
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| Indotyphlops jerdoni (Boulenger, 1890)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, jerdoni, is in honor of British biologist Thomas C. Jerdon.[5]
Geographic range
editI. jerdoni is found in eastern and northern India in Sikkim, northern West Bengal, Seven Sisters [Assam], and Meghalaya. Possibly, it also occurs in Bangladesh and Myanmar (Pegu).[2]
The type locality given is "Khási Hills".[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of I. jerdoni is forest, but it has also been found in plantations.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Limbu KP, Wangyal JT, Khan MMH, Das A, Srinivasulu C, Wogan G, Vogel G (2022). "Indotyphlops jerdoni (amended version of 2021 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.TLTS.T192245A219114954.en. Accessed on 24 June 2024.
- ^ a b c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b Species Indotyphlops jerdoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Typhlops jerdoni ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops jerdoni, p. 134).
Further reading
edit- Annandale N (1912). "Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911–1912". Rec. Indian Mus., Calcutta 8 (1): 7–59 [Reptilia, pages 37–59]. (supplement in same journal, 8 (4): 357–358, 1914).
- Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor & Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Typhlops jerdoni, new species, p. 238).
- Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Typhlops jerdoni, p. 58).
- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1–61. (Indotyphlops jerdoni, new combination).
- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Typhlops jerdoni, p. 50).