Ramphotyphlops lineatus (SCHLEGEL, 1839)
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Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Striped Blind Snake, Striped Worm Snake G: Gestreifte Wurmschlange |
Synonym | Typhlops lineatus FITZINGER 1826 (numen nudum) Typhlops lineata BOIE 1827: 563 (nomen nudum) Acontias lineatus — WAGLER 1830: 196 (nomen nudum) Typhlops lineatus Acontias GRAY in GRIFFITH 1831: 77 — (nomen nudum) Typhlops lineatus SCHLEGEL 1839: 39 Pilidion lineatum — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844: 259 Typhlinahs lineatum — GRAY 1845: 134 Typhlops (Typhlina) lineatus JAN 1863: 10 Typhlina lineata — GÜNTHER 1864: 171 Typhlops lineatus — BOULENGER 1893: 15 Typhlops lineatus var. sumatranus WERNER 1896: 13 Typhlops lineatus var. numatrana BOULENGER 1896 (error typographicus) Typhlops lineatus — DE ROOIJ 1917: 4 Ramphotyphlops lineatus — ROBB 1966: 676 Typhlina lineata — MCDOWELL 1974: 45 Ramphotyphlops lineatus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 432 Ramphotyphlops lineatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 68 Ramphotyphlops lineatus — COX et al. 2012: 11 Ramphotyphlops lineatus — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops lineatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 628 |
Distribution | Thailand, W Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Nias, Sumatra, Java, Borneo), possibly S China (fide MCDIARMID et al. 1999) Type locality: Java |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: RMNH RENA 3691 |
Diagnosis | Description: Snout rounded, strongly projecting; nostrils inferior. Rostral very large; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft proceeding from the first labial ; a single large ocular on each side behind the nasal; eyes not distinct; praefrontal, supraoculars and parietals enlarged, transverse; four upper labials. Body with 22 scales round the middle ; its diameter 40 to 60 times in the total length; tail about as long as broad, ending in a spine (De Rooij 1917). Color: Blackish above, each scale spotted with yellow, or yellow or pale brown with dark brown longitudinal lines between the series of scales; head and lower surface yellowish. Total length 485 mm (De Rooij 1917). |
Comment | Distribution: not in Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia) fide BAIN & HURLEY 2011. Not listed for China by Zhao 2006. |
Etymology | Named after Latin “linea”, meaning stripe or line. |
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