Argyrophis siamensis (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Thailand Worm Snake, Siamese Blind Snake G: Siam-Blindschlange
Synonym	Typhlops 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
Distribution	Thailand, Cambodia (PAUWELS et al. 2003), Vietnam Type locality: “Siam” [Thailand].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.69 (formerly BMNH 1859.7.1.17).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Diameter of body in total length 33 times, 22 scalerows about body, nasal semidivided, suture from second supralabial. (Taylor 1965: 654) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 836 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	The original description is available online (see link below).
Etymology	Named 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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