Xerotyphlops vermicularis

Xerotyphlops vermicularis, the European blind snake, European worm snake, Eurasian blind snake, or Eurasian worm snake, is a species of snake in the genus Xerotyphlops. Despite its common name, the range of the European blind snake ranges from the Balkan Peninsula, the Aegean Islands, and Cyprus to Afghanistan.[2] The common name refers to how it is the only blindsnake of the genus Typhlops naturally found in Europe. The only other blindsnake found in Europe is the brahminy blindsnake, or "flowerpot snake," Ramphotyphlops braminus, where specimens have been discovered lurking in the soil at the Kew Gardens.[3][4]

Xerotyphlops vermicularis

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Xerotyphlops
Species:
X. vermicularis
Binomial name
Xerotyphlops vermicularis
Merrem, 1820
Synonyms
  • Typhlops vermicularis
  • Typhlops flavescens
  • Argyrophis vermicularis
  • Typhlops syriacus
  • Typhlops persicus

See also

References
  1. Aghasyan, A., Avci, A., Tuniyev, B., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Lymberakis, P., Andrén, C., Cogalniceanu, D., Wilkinson, J., Ananjeva, N.B., Üzüm, N., Orlov, N.L., Podloucky, R., Tuniyev, S., Kaya, U., Ajtic, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Disi, A.M., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R., Werner, Y.L., Haxhiu, I,, Baha El Din, S., Sterijovski, B., Böhme, W., Jelić, D., Borkin, L., Milto, K., Golynsky, E., Rustamov, A, Nuridjanov, D. & Munkhbayar, K. 2017. Xerotyphlops vermicularis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T157274A747386. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157274A747386.en. Downloaded on 19 August 2018.
  2. O'Shea, Mark (2007). Boas and Pythons of the World. New Holland Publishers. p. 68. ISBN 9781845375447.
  3. O'Shea, Mark (2007). Boas and Pythons of the World. New Holland Publishers. p. 67. ISBN 9781845375447.
  4. Xerotyphlops vermicularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.


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