Indotyphlops pammeces

Indotyphlops pammeces, the South India worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species found in southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

Indotyphlops pammeces

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Indotyphlops
Species:
I. pammeces
Binomial name
Indotyphlops pammeces
(Günther, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops tenuis - Günther, 1864
  • Typhlops pammeces - Günther, 1864
  • Typhlops braminus var. pammeces - Boettger, 1898
  • Typhlops psammophilus - Annandale, 1906
  • Typhlops psammeces - M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Typhlops pammeces - Hahn, 1980[1]

Geographic range

Found in southern India. The type locality given is "Madras" [India].[1]

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References
  1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. "Typhlops pammeces". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

Further reading
  • Annandale N. 1906. Notes on the fauna of a desert tract in southern India. Part. I. Batrachians and reptiles, with remarks on the reptiles of the desert region of the North-West Frontier. Mem Asiatic Soc Bengal Calcutta 1: 183-202.
  • Günther A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.
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