Gerrhopilus andamanensis (STOLICZKA, 1871)

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Higher Taxa	Gerrhopilidae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Andaman Worm Snake
Synonym	Typhlops andamanensis STOLICZKA 1871: 191 Typhlops andamanensis — BOULENGER 1893: 52 Typhlops andamanesis — SMITH 1943: 56 Typhlops andamanensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 90 Gerrhopilus andamanensis — VIDAL et al. 2010 Gerrhopilus andamanensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 307
Distribution	India (Andaman Island) Type locality: Andaman Islands.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: NMW 15427 (formerly in Indian Museum, Calcutta)
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (761 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after its distribution on the Andaman Islands.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. 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 Vidal, Nicolas; Julie Marin, Marina Morini, Steve Donnellan, William R. Branch, Richard Thomas, Miguel Vences, Addison Wynn, Corinne Cruaud and S. Blair Hedges 2010. Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana. Biology Letters 6: 558–561 - get paper here Wallach, V. 1996. Two new Blind snakes of the Typhlops ater species group from Papua new Guinea (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 3 (2):107-118. - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/304280455129893/ Google images

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