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Indotyphlops veddae (TAYLOR, 1947)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Vedda Worm Snake 
SynonymTyphlops veddae TAYLOR 1947: 294
Typhlops veddae — TAYLOR 1950
Typhlops veddae — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 123
Typhlops veddae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 773
Indotyphlops veddae — HEDGES et al. 2014 
DistributionSri Lanka

Type locality: “12 miles north of Trincomalee, Ceylon”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 100033. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A very slender Typhlops having 20 scale rows, no subocular, the nasal suture to the second labial, the rostral short failing to reach back to eye level by a considerable distance; head somewhat narrowed, and truncate anteriorly; the transverse scale rows about body 295; 14 caudal rows; body width in length about 60 times [from TAYLOR 1946]. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Veddha, who is a Sinhala word from Sanskrit meaning "hunter with bow and arrow." It is also the name for the aboriginal inhabitants of Sri Lanka, a few of whom still live in its forested areas. 
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
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Taylor, E.H. 1947. Comments on Ceylonese snakes of the genus Typhlops with descriptions of new species. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 31 (13): 283-298 - get paper here
  • Taylor, Edward H. 1950. The snakes of Ceylon. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 33 (14): 519-603 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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