Typhlops diardii

Typhlops diardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Typhlops
Species:	T. diardii
Binomial name
Typhlops diardii Schlegel, 1839
Synonyms
Typhlops Diardii - Schlegel, 1839 Typhlops Mülleri - Schlegel, 1839 Typhlops nigro-albus - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron Argyrophis bicolor - Gray, 1845 Argyrophis Horsfieldii - Gray, 1845 Typhlops striolatus - Peters, 1861 T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) nigroalbus - Jan, 1863 T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Schneideri - Jan, 1863 F[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Diardi - Jan, 1863 T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Mülleri - Jan, 1863 T[yphlops]. Diardi - Jan & Sordelli, 1864 T[yphlops]. bicolor - Jan & Sordelli, 1864 T[yphlops]. Mülleri - Jan & Sordelli, 1864 T[yphlops]. nigroalbus - Jan & Sordelli, 1864 Typhlops horsfieldii - Günther, 1864 T[yphlops]. Schneideri - Jan & Sordelli, 1865 Tychlpos Diardii - Steindachner, 1867 Typhlops barmanus - Stoliczka, 1872 Typhlops diardi - Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops muelleri - Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops nigroalbus - Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops schneideri - Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops kapaladua - Annandale, 1906 Typhlops tephrosoma - Wall, 1908 [Typhlops diardi] var. cinereus - Wall, 1909 Typhlops labialis - Waite, 1918 Typhlops diardi diardi - M.A. Smith, 1923 Typhlops diardi nigroalbus - M.A. Smith, 1923 Typhlops fusconotus - Brongersma, 1934 Typhlops diardi mülleri - Brongersma, 1934 Typhlops diardi - Bourret, 1936 Typhlops d[ardi]. tephrosoma - Bourret, 1936 Typhlops diardi diardi - Hahn, 1980 Typhlops muelleri - Hahn, 1980[1]

Common names: Diard's blindsnake.

Typhlops diardii is a harmless blind snake species found mainly in Southeast Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[2]

Geographic range

Found in India (as far west as Dun Valley in Assam), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Nias Island, Sumatra, Web Island (off northwest Sumatra), Bangka and Borneo. The type locality given is "Cochinchina" (southern Vietnam). Saint Girons (1972:32) described it as "Cochinchina sans certitude" and Hahn (1890:56) as "East Indies."^[1]

Taxonomy

Typhlops meulleri Schlegel, 1839, is believed to be a valid species.^[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. ^ ^{a b c} 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).
2. ^ "Typhlops diardii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634623. Retrieved 31 August 2007. 

Further reading

• Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
• Khan, MS. 1998. Notes on Typhlops diardi Schlegel, 1839, with description of a new subspecies (Squamata, Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 30 (3): 231-221
• Schlegel H. 1839. Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter Amphibien, nach der Natur oder dem Leben entworfen und mit einem erläuternden Texte begleitet. Arne and Co., Düsseldorf, xiv + 141 pp.
• Wallach, V. 2000. Critical review of some recent descriptions of Pakistani Typhlops by M. S. KHAN, 1999 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Hamadryad, 25(2): 129-143

External links

• Typhlops diardii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2007.