Typhlops oatesii
| Typhlops oatesii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Subfamily: | Asiatyphlopinae |
| Genus: | Typhlops |
| Species: | T. oatesii |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlops oatesii Boulenger, 1890 | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
- Common names: Andaman Island worm snake.
Typhlops oatesii is a harmless blind snake species found in the Cocos Islands. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, oatesii, is in honor of English ornithologist Eugene William Oates.[4]
Geographic range
Until recently, T. oatesii was only known from the type locality, which is "Table Island, Cocos Group, Andamans" in the Bay of Bengal. Table Island belongs to Myanmar. However, Murthy and Chakrapany (1983), reported finding a second specimen from the island of Mayabunder, just off the coast of Middle Andaman Island, which belongs to India.[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
- 1 2 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).
- ↑ "Argyrophis oatesii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Typhlops oatesii ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 26 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops oatesii, p. 193).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Typhlops oatesii, new species, p. 238).
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops oatesii, pp. 23-24 + Plate II, figures 3a, 3b, 3c).
- 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. (Asiatyphlops oatesii, new combination).
- Murthy TSN, Chakrapany S (1983). "Rediscovery of the blind snake Typhlops oatesii in Andamans, India". The Snake 15 (1): 48-49, 2 figures.
- Pyron RA, Wallach V (2014). "Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidea: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence". Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001-081. (Argyrophis oatesii, 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 oatesii, p. 53).
External links
- Typhlops oatesii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2007.
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