Indotyphlops lazelli

Indotyphlops lazelli, commonly known as the Hong Kong blind snake or Lazell's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. This species is characterized by having 18 scale rows.[3] It is endemic to Hong Kong (southern China).[2][4]

Indotyphlops lazelli

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Indotyphlops
Species:
I. lazelli
Binomial name
Indotyphlops lazelli
(Wallach & Pauwels, 2004)}
Synonyms[2]

Typhlops lazelli Wallach & Pauwels, 2004[3]

References
  1. Lau, M. (2012). "Indotyphlops lazelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199780A2611942. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T199780A2611942.en.
  2. Indotyphlops lazelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 June 2020.
  3. Wallach, V.; Pauwels, Olivier S. G. (2004). "Typhlops lazelli, a new species of Chinese blindsnake from Hong Kong (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Breviora. 512: 1–21. doi:10.3099/0006-9698(2004)512[1:TLANSO]2.0.CO;2.
  4. Zhao, E.M. 2006. The snakes of China [in Chinese]. Hefei, China, Anhui Science & Technology Publ. House, Vol. I, 372 pp., Vol. II (color plates), 280 pp.


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