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Indotyphlops lazelli
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
Typhlops lazelli Wallach & Pauwels, 2004

Indotyphlops lazelli, commonly known as the Hong Kong blind snake and Lazell's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Hong Kong.

Etymology

The specific name, lazelli, is in honor of American herpetologist James Draper "Skip" Lazell.

Description

I. lazelli is characterized by having 18 scale rows around the body. The mental is projecting, and the second and third upper labials overlap the shields above them.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of I. lazelli is forest, at altitudes of 100–200 m (330–660 ft).

Reproduction

I. lazelli is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Lau, M.; Qi, S.; Rao, D.-Q. (2024). "Indotyphlops lazelli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T199780A199545467. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T199780A199545467.en. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
2. ^ Wallach, V.; Pauwels, Olivier S. G. (2004). "Typhlops lazelli, a new species of Chinese blindsnake from Hong Kong (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Breviora. 512 (1): 1–21. doi:10.3099/0006-9698(2004)512[1:TLANSO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86212032.
3. ^ Indotyphlops lazelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 June 2020.
4. Zhao, E.M. (2006). . Hefei, China: Anhui Science & Technology Publishing House. Vol. I, 372 pp.; Vol. II (color plates), 280 pp. (in Chinese).
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 lazelli, p. 153).

Further reading

• 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 lazelli, new combination).

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