Typhlops oatesii

Taxobox
name = "Typhlops oatesii"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Typhlopidae
genus = "Typhlops"
species = "T. oatesii"
binomial = "Typhlops oatesii"
binomial_authority = Boulenger, 1890
synonyms = * "Typhlops oatesii" - Boulenger, 1890
* "Typhlops oatesii" - Boulenger, 1893
* "Typhlops oatesi" - Wall, 1923McDiarmid 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: Andaman Island worm snake.""Typhlops oatesii" is a harmless blind snake species found in the Cocos Islands. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634667|taxon="Typhlops oatesii"|year=2007|date=31 August]

Geographic range

Until recently, this species 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, Murthay 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.

ee also

* List of typhlopid 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.

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