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Distribution

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Continent: Asia
Distribution: Nepal, India (Assam), Bhutan, Myanmar (= Burma).
Type locality: Pasighai, 500 ft., Abor district, Assam, India (ANNANDALE 1912)
Type locality: Khasi Hills, Assam, India (BOULENGER 1890)

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Indotyphlops jerdoni

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Indotyphlops jerdoni, or Jerdon's worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to India. There are no subspecies which are recognized as being valid.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, jerdoni, is in honor of British biologist Thomas C. Jerdon.^[4]

Geographic range

Indotyphlops jerdoni is found in eastern and northern India in Sikkim, northern West Bengal, Seven Sisters [Assam], and Meghalaya. Possibly, it also occurs in Bangladesh and Myanmar (Pegu).

The type locality given is "Khási Hills".^[1]

Reproduction

Indotyphlops jerdoni is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
^ ^a ^b "Indotyphlops jerdoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ "Typhlops jerdoni ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops jerdoni, p. 134).

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Indotyphlops jerdoni: Brief Summary