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Indotyphlops loveridgei

Indotyphlops loveridgei, also known commonly as Loveridge's worm snake, is a species of harmless snake in the family Typhlopidae of the infraorder Scolecophidia (blind snakes). The species is native to northern India. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.[4]

Etymology

The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.[5]

Geographic range

Indotyphlops loveridgei is known only from the type specimen, the type locality for which is uncertain: "probably from North India", and likely from "Ambala or the Kulu Valley".[2]

Behavior

Indotyphlops loveridgei is terrestrial.[1]

Reproduction

Indotyphlops loveridgei is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Srinivasulu C (2021). "Indotyphlops loveridgei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T202850A2757327. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T202850A2757327.en. Accessed on 01 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
  3. ^ a b Species Indotyphlops loveridgei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ "Typhlops loveridgei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  5. ^ 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 loveridgei, p. 161).

Further reading

  • Constable JD (1940). "Reptiles from the Indian Peninsula in the Museum of Comparative Zoology". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 103 (2): 59–160. (Typhlops loveridgei, new species, pp. 110–111). online
  • Das, I. (2003). "Growth of Knowledge on the Reptiles of India, with an Introduction to Systematics, Taxonomy and Nomenclature". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 100 (2–3): 446–501. (Typhlops loveridgei, p. 484).
  • Hedges, S.B.; Marion, A.B.; Lipp, K.M.; Marin, J.; Vidal, N. (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology. 49: 1–61. (Indotyphlops loveridgei, new combination, p. 37).