Typhlops meszoelyi

Typhlops meszoelyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. meszoelyi
Binomial name
Typhlops meszoelyi
Wallach, 1999
Synonyms[1]
  • Typhlops meszoelyi
    Wallach, 1999
  • Indotyphlops meszoelyi
    Hedges et al., 2014
Common names: Darjeeling worm snake.

Typhlops meszoelyi is a harmless blind snake species found in Darjeeling, West Bengal Province, India. It was named after Dr. Charles A.M. Meszoely[2] of the Center for Vertebrate Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

References

  1. "Indotyphlops meszoelyi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops meszoelyi, p. 177).

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