Argyrophis hypsobothrius (WERNER, 1917)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Sumatra Worm Snake
Synonym	Typhlops hypsobothrius WERNER 1917: 34 Typhlops hypsobothrius — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 433 Typhlops hypsobothrius — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 105 Indotyphlops hypsobothrius — HEDGES et al. 2014 Argyrophis hypsobothrius — PYRON & WALLACH 2014 Typhlops hypsobothrius — WALLACH et al. 2014: 764
Distribution	Indonesia (Sumatra). Type locality: “Sumatra”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZMH, Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg; destroyed during World War Il (HAHN 1980)
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Comment
Etymology	The species epithet, hypsobothrius, comes from Latin with Greek roots (hypso- "height, under" + bothri "pit, trench" + -us). Its reference is the pit in species face "... between the nostril and the rostral, visible from above, there is a very clear, elongated pit", " ... the pits are located under the nostril, on the 3. labiale and on each side of the rostrale" according to Werner.
References	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 Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. (ISBN 3-931587-12-6) - 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 TEYNIÉ, ALEXANDRE; PATRICK DAVID, & ANNEMARIE OHLER 2010. Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 - get paper here Werner, F. 1917. Über einige neue Reptilien und einen neuen Frosch des Zoologischen Museums in Hamburg. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, 2. Beiheft zum Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 34: 31-36. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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