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)