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Indotyphlops madgemintonae (KHAN, 1999)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesIndotyphlops madgemintonae madgemintonae (KHAN 1999)
Indotyphlops madgemintonae shermani (KHAN 1999) 
Common Names 
SynonymTyphlops madgemintonai KHAN 1999
Typhlops madgemintonae — WALLACH 2000 (emendation)
Indotyphlops madgemintonae — HEDGES et al. 2014

Indotyphlops madgemintonae shermani KHAN 1999
Typhlops shermanai KHAN 1999
Typhlops madgemintonai shermani — KHAN 1999
Typhlops m. shermani — WALLACH 2000 
DistributionPakistan (Kashmir)

Type locality: 1 near house of Master M. Sadiq, Goi Madan, District Kotli, Azad Kashmir, 33°30'N 74°00'E, elevation 1315 m., Pakistan.

shermanai: Pakistan; Type locality: Nadari village, 2km E of Goi Madan, District Kotli, Azad Kashmir, 33°30'N 74°00'E, elevation 1315 m. [Typhlops madgemintonai shermanai].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMNH 144213 (originally MSK 0904.93)
Holotype. MSK 0357.95, adult [shermani] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The new species differs from its apparent closest congener T. porrectus Stoliczka (1871) (characters in parenthesis), in having completely divided nasal scale (undivided); fewer middorsals 336 – 364 (414 – 465), presence of a tail spine (cone); dorsal body color dark brown (yellowish brown), ventrum light brown (yellowish); the subcaudal colorless area extends dorsally to include base of the spine (colorless area confined to subcaudals only), micro-ornamentation of body scales of micropits (microstriations).


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CommentClassified as “incertae sedis” by Wallach 2000. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • HAIDER, JIBRAN; INAYATULLAH MALIK AND SABIHA SHAMIM 2019. WILDLIFE SURVEY OF NATIONAL PARKS TO ASSESS REPTILIAN BIODIVERSITY, AJK. J Biores Manag. 6 (4): 8-18 - 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. Typhlops ductuliformes a new species of Blind Snakes from Pakistan and a note on T. porrectus STOLICZKA, 1871 (Squamata: Serpentes: Scolecophidia). Pakistan J. Zool. 31 (4): 385-390. - 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
  • Wallach, V. & Pauwels, OS.G. 2004. Typhlops lazelli, a new species of Chinese blindsnake from Hong Kong (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Breviora (512): 1-21 - get paper here
 
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