Indotyphlops ahsanai (KHAN, 1999)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Typhlops ahsanai KHAN 1999: 238 Typhlops ahsanuli inc. sed. — WALLACH 2000 (nomen emend.) Indotyphlops ahsanai — HEDGES et al. 2014
Distribution	Pakistan (Punjab) Type locality: W of Charnali village, about 2 km W of Goi Madan, District Kotli, Azad Kashmir, 33°30'N 74°00'E, elevation 1320 m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MSK 0903.93, an adult, July 17, 1993, collector Muhammad Sharif Khan.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Typhlops ahsanai belongs to madgemintonai Group, differing in having 75% complete supranasal suture; anterior nasal scale over- laps the first supralabial and anterior ventral part of the posterior nasal scale; the posterior nasal scale is deeply scalloped behind so that the preocular scale extends deep in the postnasal concavity so formed; preocular scale is larger than ocular; the preocular- nasal suture is studded with thick squamous glands; preocular scale is in contact with only third supra- labial; posterior nasal scale is in contact with second and third supralabial.
Comment	Classified as “incertae sedis” (of questionable status) by Wallach 2000.
Etymology	Named after Professor Dr. Ahsanul-Islam (1927-1974), Principal of the Zoology Department, Government College, Lahore, Pakistan and former teacher of the describer of this species.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61 - get paper here Khan, M. S. 1999. Two new species of blind snakes of genus Typhlops from Azad Kashmir and Punjab, Pakistan (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 6 (3): 231-240 - get paper here Wallach, V. 2000. Critical review of some recent descriptions of Pakistani Typhlops by M. S. KHAN, 1999 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Hamadryad 25 (2): 129-143 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/527424659482137/ Google images

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