Typhlops thurstoni

Typhlops thurstoni
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Typhlops
Species:	T. thurstoni
Binomial name
Typhlops thurstoni Boettger, 1890
Synonyms
Typhlops thurstoni - Boettger, 1890 Typhlops thurstonii - Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops walli - Procter, 1924 Typhlops hurstonii - Bourret, 1936[2]

Common names: Thurston's worm snake.

Typhlops thurstoni is a harmless blind snake species found in western India. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[3]

Geographic range

Found in south of Goa in western India, from sea level to approximately 1,200 m elevation (4,000 feet). The type locality given is ^[2]

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. Srinivasulu, B.; Srinivasulu, C. & Ganesan, S.R. (2013). "Typhlops thurstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
3. "Typhlops thurstoni". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

Further reading

• Boettger O. 1890. Ber. senckenb. naturf. Ges., Frankfurt am Main, 1890:298.
• Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
• Procter JB. 1924. Description of a new Typhlops from S. India and notes on Brachyophidium and Platyplectrurus. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 13:139-142.

External links

• Typhlops thurstoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 September 2007.