Typhlops diardii

Typhlops diardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. diardii
Binomial name
Typhlops diardii
Schlegel, 1839
Synonyms
  • Typhlops Diardii
    Schlegel, 1839
  • Typhlops Mülleri
    Schlegel, 1839
  • Typhlops nigro-albus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
  • Argyrophis bicolor
    Gray, 1845
  • Argyrophis Horsfieldii Gray, 1845
  • Typhlops striolatus
    W. Peters, 1861
  • T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) nigroalbus — Jan, 1863
  • T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Schneideri Jan, 1863
  • F[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Diardi — Jan, 1863
  • T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Mülleri — Jan, 1863
  • T[yphlops]. Diardi
    — Jan & Sordelli, 1864
  • T[yphlops]. bicolor
    — Jan & Sordelli, 1864
  • T[yphlops]. Mülleri
    — Jan & Sordelli, 1864
  • T[yphlops]. nigroalbus
    — Jan & Sordelli, 1864
  • Typhlops horsfieldii
    — Günther, 1864
  • T[yphlops]. Schneideri
    — Jan & Sordelli, 1865
  • Tychlpos Diardii
    — Steindachner, 1867
  • Typhlops barmanus Stoliczka, 1872
  • Typhlops diardi
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops muelleri
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops nigroalbus
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops schneideri
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops kapaladua Annandale, 1906
  • Typhlops tephrosoma Wall, 1908
  • [Typhlops diardi] var. cinereus Wall, 1909
  • Typhlops labialis
    Waite, 1918
  • Typhlops diardi diardi
    — M.A. Smith, 1923
  • Typhlops diardi nigroalbus
    — M.A. Smith, 1923
  • Typhlops fusconotus Brongersma, 1934
  • Typhlops diardi mülleri — Brongersma, 1934
  • Typhlops diardi
    — Bourret, 1936
  • Typhlops d[ardi]. tephrosoma
    — Bourret, 1936
  • Typhlops diardi diardi
    — Hahn, 1980
  • Typhlops muelleri
    — Hahn, 1980[1]
  • Typhlops diardii
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Asiatyphlops diardii
    — Hedges et al., 2014
  • Argyrophis diardii
    — Pyron & Wallach, 2014[2]
Common names: Diard's blindsnake.

Typhlops diardii is a harmless blind snake species found mainly in Southeast Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, diardii, is in honor of French naturalist Pierre-Médard Diard.[4]

Geographic range

T. diardii is found in India (Jalpaiguri-West Bengal, as far west as Dun Valley in Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Nias Island, Sumatra, Web Island (off northwest Sumatra), Bangka, and Borneo.

The type locality given is "Cochinchina [southern Vietnam]". Saint Girons (1972:32) described it as "Cochinchina sans certitude [southern Vietnam without certainty]", and Hahn (1980:56) as "East Indies".[1]

Taxonomy

Typhlops meulleri Schlegel, 1839, is believed to be a valid species.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ↑ "Argyrophis diardii ". The Reptile Database.
  3. ↑ "Typhlops diardii ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  4. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops diardi, p. 71).

5. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/178696/0

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops diardi, pp. 22–23; T. muelleri, p. 25; T. nigroalbus, p. 24; T. schneideri, p. 27).
  • Khan MS. 1998. Notes on Typhlops diardi Schlegel, 1839, with description of a new subspecies (Squamata, Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Pakistan Journal of Zoology 30 (3): 231-221.
  • Schlegel H. 1839. Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter Amphibien, nach der Natur oder dem Leben entworfen und mit einem erläuternden Texte begleitet. Düsseldorf: Arnz & Comp. xiv + 141 pp. (Typhlops diardii, new species, p. 39). (in German).
  • Wallach V. 2000. Critical review of some recent descriptions of Pakistani Typhlops by M.S. Khan, 1999 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Hamadryad 25 (2): 129-143.
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