Gerrhopilus ceylonicus (SMITH, 1943)
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Gerrhopilus ceylonicus
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| Higher Taxa | Gerrhopilidae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Sri Lanka Worm Snake |
| Synonym | Typhlops ceylonicus SMITH 1943: 55 Typhlops ceylonicus — TAYLOR 1946: 286 Typhlops ceylonicus — TAYLOR 1950 Typhlops ceylonicus — DAS 1996 Typhlops ceylonicus — JANZEN et al. 2007 Gerrhopilus ceylonicus — VIDAL et al. 2010 Gerrhopilus ceylonicus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 308 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka. Type locality: Peradeniya, Ceylon |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: ASK = Asiatic Society, Museum, Kolkata, (was: Indian Museum Calcutta, IMC, fide SMITH 1943) |
| Diagnosis | Description: Snout rounded, strongly projecting; nostrils lateral; rostral nearly half the width of the head; nasal completely divided, the lower suture passing to the second labial, the posterior shield very large, in good contact with its fellow behind the rostral; ocular and preocular smalI, the latter separated from the labials by a subocular, which is wedged in between them above, and is in contact with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th labials below; no visible eye, the ocular shie!d in contact with the 4th labial only; tail blunt, without terminal spine; 18 scales round tbe body, the diameter of which is 35 times in the total Iength; about 330 transverse rows of scales (Smith 1943: 56). Coloration: Brown above, yellowish-white below (Smith 1943: 56). |
| Comment | Synonymy after WALLACH (pers. comm.) Similar species: Typhlops mirus. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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