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Argyrophis siamensis (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Thailand Worm Snake, Siamese Blind Snake
G: Siam-Blindschlange 
SynonymTyphlops siamensis GÜNTHER 1864: 175
Typhlops siamensis — BOULENGER 1893: 24
Typhlops siamensis — TAYLOR 1965: 654
Typhlops siamensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 120
Typhlops siamensis — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Typhlops siamensis — COX et al. 2012: 37
Asiatyphlops siamensis — HEDGES et al. 2014
Argyrophis siamensis — PYRON & WALLACH 2014
Typhlops siamensis — CHAN-ARD et al. 2015: 150
Typhlops siamensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 771 
DistributionThailand, Cambodia (PAUWELS et al. 2003), Vietnam

Type locality: “Siam” [Thailand].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.69 (formerly BMNH 1859.7.1.17). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Diameter of body in total length 33 times, 22 scalerows about body, nasal semidivided, suture from second supralabial. (Taylor 1965: 654)


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CommentThe original description is available online (see link below). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality in Thailand, formerly “Siam”. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here
  • Cox, Merel J.; Hoover, M.F.; Chanhome, Lawan & Thirakhupt,Kumthorn 2012. The Snakes of Thailand. Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History, 845 pp.
  • Geissler, Peter, Truong Quang Nguyen, Nikolay A. Poyarkov & Wolfgang Böhme 2011. New records of snakes from Cat Tien National Park, Dong Nai and Lam Dong provinces, southern Vietnam. Bonn zoological Bulletin 60 (1): 9-16 - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. - 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
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp.
  • Niyomwan, P.; Thirakhupt, K.; Nabhitabhata, J. 2001. A key to the blind snakes in Thailand. Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 1(1):47-52. - get paper here
  • Pauwels, O.S.G.; David, P.; Chimsunchart, C. & Thirakhupt, K. 2003. Reptiles of Phetchaburi Province, Western Thailand: a list of species, with natural history notes, and a discussion on the biogeography at the Isthmus of Kra. Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 3 (1): 23-53 - 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
  • Taylor,E.H. 1965. The serpents of Thailand and adjacent waters. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 45 (9): 609-1096 - get paper here
 
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