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Species of Thailand

Slender blind snake

Indotyphlops porrectus, Ferdinand Stoliczka, 1871

(In Thai: งูดินดอยปุย, ngu din Doi Pui)

Typhlops porrectus is a harmless blind snake species found in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and northern Myanmar. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Geographic range

Found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and northern Myanmar. The type locality given is "Hurdwár, ... Calcutta, ... foot of the Parisnáth hill (in Western Bengal), ... base base of the Rangnu valley below Darjíling, ... and south of Agra"and eastern India.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Typhlopidae
Genus
Indotyphlops
Species
Indotyphlops porrectus

Common names

  • German: Stoliczkas Blindschlange
  • English:
    • Slender blind snake
    • Slender worm snake
  • Thai: งูดินดอยปุย, ngu din Doi Pui

Synonyms

  • Typhlops porrectus, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (2015)
  • Indotyphlops porrectus, Stephen Blair Hedges et al. (2014)
  • Typhlops ductuliformes, Khan (1999)
  • Typhlops porrectus, Roy W. McDiarmid, Jonathan A. Campbell & T'Shaka A. Touré (1999)
  • Typhlops porrectus, Donald E. Hahn (1980)
  • Typhlops porrecta, Constable (1949)
  • Typhlops porrectus, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
  • Typhlops venningi, Frank Wall (1913)
  • Typhlops mackinnoni, Frank Wall (1910)
  • Typhlops porrectus, George Albert Boulenger (1893)

Photos

No photo for this species yet

Range Map

Distribution map of Slender blind snake, Indotyphlops porrectus in Thailand
  • Bangkok Province
  • Doi Suthep - Pui National Park
  • Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani
  • Lam Luk Ka District, Pathum Thani
  • Mueang Phichit District, Phichit
  • Pathum Thani Province
  • Phaisali District, Nakhon Sawan
  • Si Prachan District, Suphan Buri
Range map of Indotyphlops porrectus in Thailand