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Distribution

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Continent: Asia
Distribution: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, N Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Sunda region ductuliformis: Pakistan
Type locality: "Nagri Valley below Darjeeling [India] at an altitude of about 5000 feet." mackinnoni:
Type locality: Mussorie, 6000 ft., western Himalayas.
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Indotyphlops porrectus

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Indotyphlops porrectus, the slender worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to South Asia. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.[3] Not further Study available about this species. Because their number is almost non-existent and their picture has not been recorded yet۔

Geographic range

Indotyphlops porrectus is found in Bangladesh, India, northern Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.[1]

The type locality given is "Hurdwár, ... Calcutta, ... foot of the Parisnáth hill (in Western Bengal), ... base of the Rangnu valley below Darjíling, ... and south of Agra" [northern and eastern India].[1]

Description

Indotyphlops porrectus is small and slender. It may attain a total length (including tail) of 28.5 cm (11.2 in), and a diameter of about 0.5 cm (0.20 in). There are 18 scale rows around the body. It is brown or blackish dorsally, and paler ventrally. The snout, chin, and anal region are whitish.[4]

Reproduction

Indotyphlops porrectus is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
  2. ^ a b Species Indotyphlops porrectus at The Reptile Database . www.reptle-database.org.
  3. ^ "Typhlops porrectus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  4. ^ 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 porrectus, p. 46).
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Indotyphlops porrectus: Brief Summary

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Indotyphlops porrectus, the slender worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to South Asia. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. Not further Study available about this species. Because their number is almost non-existent and their picture has not been recorded yet۔

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