| Indotyphlops tenuicollis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Indotyphlops |
| Species: | I. tenuicollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Indotyphlops tenuicollis (Peters, 1864) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Indotyphlops tenuicollis, the Samagutin worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species found in northern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Geographic range
Definitely only known from Nagaland in northern India. The type locality given is "angelich aus dem Himalaya" (Himalayas).
References
- Wallach, V. (2010). "Indotyphlops tenuicollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178570A7572909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178570A7572909.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ 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).
- "Typhlops tenuicollis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
- Peters W. 1864. Über neue Amphibien (Typhloscincus, Typhlops, Asthenodipsas, Ogmodon). Mber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin: 271-276.
- Stoliczka F. 1871. Notes on some Indian and Burmese Ophidians. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40: 421-445
- Theobald, W. 1876 Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp.
External links
- Indotyphlops tenuicollis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 September 2007.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Typhlops tenuicollis | |