Argyrophis giadinhensis (BOURRET, 1937)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Vietnam Worm Snake
Synonym	Typhlops giadinhensis BOURRET 1937: 68 Typhlops giadinhensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 103 Asiatyphlops giadinhensis — HEDGES et al. 2014 Argyrophis giadinhensis — PYRON & WALLACH 2014 Typhlops giadinhensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 763 Typhlops giandinhensis — IUCN 2018
Distribution	Vietnam Type locality: “Giadinh, South Vietnam” [“Gian-Dinh, Cochinchine”, fide P. DAVID, pers. comm.).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 1938-0118 (former M.559 of Bourret), erroneously also given as VNUH (Laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l'Université de Hanoi)
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Comment	This species may be a synonym of T. diardii (Nguyen et al. 2009).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Bourret,R. 1937. Notes herpétologiques sur l’indochine française. XV. Lézards et serpents reçu au laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l’Université au cours de l’année 1937. Descriptions de deux espèces et de deux variétés nouvelles. Bulletin Générale de l’Instruction Publique 5. Gouvernement Généneral de l’Indochine, pp. 57-82 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. 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
External links	https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/434470122110925 Google images

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