Leptotyphlops blanfordii

Taxobox
name = "Leptotyphlops blanfordii"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Leptotyphlopidae
genus = "Leptotyphlops"
species = "L. blanfordii"
binomial = "Leptotyphlops blanfordii"
binomial_authority = (Boulenger, 1890)
synonyms = * "Glauconia blanfordii" - Boulenger, 1890
* "Glauconia blanfordii" - Boulenger, 1893
* "Glauconia laticeps" - Nikolsky, 1907
* "Glauconia carltoni" - Barbour, 1908
* "Leptotyphlops blanfordi" - M.A. Smith, 1943
* "Glauconia blanfordi" - Sundersingh, 1960
* "Leptotypheops beanyordi" - Sundersingh, 1960
* "Leptotyphlops blanfordi blanfordi" - Hahn, 1980McDiarmid 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).]

:"Common names: Blanford's worm snake.""Leptotyphlops blanfordii" is a harmless blind snake species found in India and the Middle East. Named after William Thomas Blanford (1832 - 1905), member of the Geological Survey of India. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634439|taxon="Leptotyphlops blanfordii"|year=2007|date=1 September]

Geographic range

Found in India, Pakistan (Baluchistan and North-West Frontier Province), Afghanistan, possibly Iran, south to Mecca through the Arabian Peninsula from Aden through Yemen. The type locality given is "Sind" [Punjab, India] .

ee also

* List of leptotyphlopid species and subspecies.
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References

Further reading

* Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
* Hahn DE, Wallach V. 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World "Leptotyphlops" (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62

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