Indotyphlops meszoelyi (WALLACH, 1999)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Darjeeling worm snake
Synonym	Typhlops meszoelyi WALLACH 1999 Typhlops meszoelyi — DAS 2003 Indotyphlops meszoelyi — HEDGES et al. 2014 Typhlops meszoelyi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 766
Distribution	India (Darjeeling) Type locality: Darjeeling, 27° 02' N, 88° 16' E, 2285 m, West Bengal Province, India
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: FMNH 191889; Collected by: B. B. Sinha; Collection Date: October 5, 1971. Paratype: (n=1) FMNH 191888, an adult male collected by B. B. Sinha (field no. BBS 17) with same data as holotype.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Typhlops meszoelyi can be distinguished from all southern Asian Typhlops except T. exiguus and T. loveridgei by the combination of 18 longitudinal scale rows plus a T-III supralabial imbrication pattern. The presence of a deep concavity along the posterior border of the nasal shield separates T. meszoelyi from all southern Asian Typhlops. (Wallach 1999)
Comment
Etymology	Named after Charles A.M. Meszoely of the Center for Vertebrate Studies at northeastern University
References	Aengals, R.; V.M. Sathish Kumar & Muhamed Jafer Palot 2013. Updated Checklist of Indian Reptiles. Privately published, 24 pp. Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Das, Indraneil 2003. Growth of Knowledge on the Reptiles of India, with an Introduction to Systematics, Taxonomy and Nomenclature. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 100 (2-3): 446-502 - 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 Wallach, Van 1999. Typhlops meszoelyi, A new species of blind snake from northeastern India (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Herpetologica 55 (2): 185-191 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/434979375393333 Google images

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