Indotyphlops lankaensis (TAYLOR, 1947)
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Indotyphlops lankaensis
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| Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Sri Lanka Worm Snake |
| Synonym | Typhlops lankaensis TAYLOR 1947: 287 Typhlops lankaensis — TAYLOR 1950 Typhlops lankaensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 107 Typhlops lankaensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 765 Indotyphlops lankaensis — HEDGES et al. 2014 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka. Type locality: “12 miles north of Trincomalee, Ceylon” |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: FMNH 100066. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Head oval, seen from above; suture, dividing nasal completely, reaches to preocular; 20 scale rows about body; rostral somewhat less than one-third greatest width of head; transverse scale rows about body, 229-261; generally brown to gray-brown above with very dim longitudinal dorsal lines, the median most distinct; under side of head very largely cream color. (Tayler 1947: 287) |
| Comment | Similar species: I. braminus, I. violaceus (both Sri Lanka). |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality in Sri Lanka. |
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