Indotyphlops tenuicollis (PETERS, 1864)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Samagutin Worm Snake
Synonym	Onychocephalus (Ophthalmidion) tenuicollis PETERS 1864 Typhlops theobaldianus STOLICZKA 1871: 429 Typhlops theobaldanus [sic] STOLICZKA 1871: 191 Typhlops tenuicollis — THEOBALD 1876 Typhlops theobaldianus — BOULENGER 1893: 26 Typhlops tenuicollis — BOULENGER 1893: 37 Typhlops tenuicollis — SMITH 1943: 50 Typhlops tenuicollis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 121 Typhlops tenuicollis — DAS 2003 Asiatyphlops tenuicollis — HEDGES et al. 2014 Indotyphlops tenuicollis — PYRON & WALLACH 2014 Typhlops tenuicollis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 772
Distribution	India (Naga Hills, Assam), Myanmar Type locality: “angeblich aus dem Himalaya”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZMB 5042
Diagnosis	Description: Snout broadly rounded, strongly projecting; nostrils lateral. Rostral half as broad as the head, extending to the level of the ocular shields; nasal incompletely divided, no upper suture, the lower passing to the 1st labial; ocular shorter than the preocular, posterior nasal longer than both; eye not or just distinguishable; lower edge of ocular shield wedged in between 3rd and 4th labials; supraocular twice as broad as long; prefrontaI in contact with the rostral; tail ending in a point; 22 scales round the body, the diameter of which is contained 65-70 times in the total length; 480- 520 transverse rows of scales (Smith 1943: 51).
Comment	Synonymy: following Smith 1943.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - 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 Kästle , W., Rai, K. & Schleich, H.H. 2013. FIELD GUIDE to Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. ARCO-Nepal e.V., 625 pp. - get paper here McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. Peters, W. 1864. Über neue Amphibien (Typhloscincus, Typhlops, Asthenodipsas, Ogmodon). Mber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss.,Berlin: 271-276. - get paper here Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001–081 - get paper here 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 Theobald,W. 1876. Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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