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Gerrhopilus andamanensis (STOLICZKA, 1871)

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Higher TaxaGerrhopilidae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Andaman Worm Snake 
SynonymTyphlops andamanensis STOLICZKA 1871: 191
Typhlops andamanensis — BOULENGER 1893: 52
Typhlops andamanesis — SMITH 1943: 56
Typhlops andamanensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 90
Gerrhopilus andamanensis — VIDAL et al. 2010
Gerrhopilus andamanensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 307 
DistributionIndia (Andaman Island)

Type locality: Andaman Islands.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMW 15427 (formerly in Indian Museum, Calcutta) 
DiagnosisDescription: Snout rounded, strongly projecting; nostrils lateral. Breadth of rostral 1/3 that of the head, extending to the level of the eyes; nasal completely divided, the lower suture passing to the 2nd labial; ocular and preocular shorter than the posterior nasal, both shields separated from the labials by two smaller shields, the one below the ocular touching the 3rd and 4th labials, not wedged in between them; eye indistinct; prefrontal in contact with the rostral: tail obtuse ending in a spine; 18 scales round the body, the diameter of which is contained 17-20 times in the total length (Smith 1943: 56).

Coloration: Brownish-black above, sides vinaceous, paler below, where
it is chequered with white; mouth and tail below white (Smith 1943: 56). 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after its distribution on the Andaman Islands. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Stoliczka, F. 1871. Notes on some Indian and Burmese Ophidians. [abstract] J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40: 191-192 (main paper as 421-445) - get paper here
  • Stoliczka,F. 1871. Notes on some Indian and Burmese Ophidians. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 1871: 191-192 - get paper here
  • Vidal, Nicolas; Julie Marin, Marina Morini, Steve Donnellan, William R. Branch, Richard Thomas, Miguel Vences, Addison Wynn, Corinne Cruaud and S. Blair Hedges 2010. Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana. Biology Letters 6: 558–561 - get paper here
  • Wallach, V. 1996. Two new Blind snakes of the Typhlops ater species group from Papua new Guinea (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 3 (2):107-118. - 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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