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Latest update: December 29th, 2023.


Taxonomy of the family Typhlopidae
Bibliography of the genus Indotyphlops
Biodiversity of the family Typhlopidae








Genus
Indotyphlops

South Asian Blind Snakes

Südasiatische Blindschlangen

Sydasiatiske Ormeslanger

2014 Indotyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal (type species: Typhlops pammeces Günther 1864)
Contents: 19 species, of which 15 (78.9%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: The species of this genus were formerly included in the genus Typhlops. Previously included Virgotyphlops braminus.
Distribution: S. Asia, Malay Archipelago.
Reported from: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (Hong Kong), India (Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal), Indonesia (Flores, Komodo, Sumbawa), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

Indotyphlops combank

Giritale Blind Snake

Giritale-Blindschlange

Giritale-ormeslange

2023 Indotyphlops combank Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Silva, Tennakoon, Samarakoon & Wickramasinghe

Distribution: Sri Lanka.





Indotyphlops exiguus

Belgaum Blind Snake, (Jan's Blind Snake)

Belgaum-Blindschlange

Belgaum-ormeslange

1864 Typhlops exiguus Jan
Indotyphlops exiguus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014

Distribution: India (Karnataka).


Indotyphlops filiformis

(no common name)

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1844 Typhlops filiformis Dumeril & Bibron
Indotyphlops filiformis Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014

Remarks: Previously regarded as a taxon of uncertain status (e.g., Hahn 1980; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999). Revalidated by Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal (2014).
Distribution: Unknown.


Indotyphlops jerdoni

Khasi Hills Blind Snake, (Jerdon's Blind Snake)

Meghalaya-Blindschlange

Meghalaya-ormeslange

1890 Typhlops jerdoni Boulenger
Indotyphlops jerdoni Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014
1912 Typhlops diversiceps Annandale (Hahn 1980)

Distribution: Bhutan, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal), Myanmar, Nepal.


Indotyphlops laca

Dili Blind Snake, (Laca's Worm Snake)

Dili-Blindschlange

Dili-ormeslange

2023 Indotyphlops laca O'Shea, Wallach, Hsiao & Kaiser

Distribution: East Timor.





Indotyphlops lankaensis

Trincomalee Blind Snake

Trincomalee-Blindschlange

Trincomalee-ormeslange

1947 Typhlops lankaensis Taylor
Indotyphlops lankaensis Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Indotyphlops lazelli

Hong Kong Blind Snake

Hong-Kong-Blindschlange

Hong Kong-ormeslange

2004 Typhlops lazelli Wallach & Pauwels
Indotyphlops lazelli Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014

Distribution: China (Hong Kong).


Indotyphlops leucomelas

Pied Blind Snake

Bunte Blindschlange

Broget Ormeslange

1890 Typhlops leucomelas Boulenger
Asiatyphlops leucomelas Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014
Indotyphlops leucomelas Pyron & Wallach 2014

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Indotyphlops loveridgei

Loveridge's Blind Snake

Loveridge's Blindschlange

Loveridges Ormeslange

1949 Typhlops loveridgei Constable
Indotyphlops loveridgei Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014

Remarks: Known from only a single, doubtful locality (McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999).
Distribution: India (Himachal Pradesh).


Indotyphlops madgemintonae

Kashmir Slender Blind Snake

Grazile Kashmir-Blindschlange

Slank Kashmir-ormeslange

1999 Typhlops madgemintoni Khan [incorrect original spelling]
Typhlops medgemintoni Khan 1999 [lapsus]
Typhlops madgemintonai Khan 1999 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Typhlops madgemintonae Wallach 2000 [justified emendation]
Indotyphlops madgemintonae Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014
1999 Typhlops madgemintoni shermanai Khan [nomen nudum; incorrect original spelling]
Typhlops madgemintonae shermani Wallach 2000 [justified emendation]
1999 Typhlops ahsanai Khan (Pyron & Wallach 2014)
Typhlops ahsani Khan 1999
Typhlops ahsanuli Wallach 2000
Indotyphlops ahsanuli Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014

Other common names:
ahsanai: Ahsan's Blind Snake, Ahsanul's Blind Snake
shermanai: Sherman's Slender Blind Snake
Remarks: Taxonomic status uncertain, according to Wallach (2000), but currently considered valid (e.g., Pyron & Wallach 2014).
Distribution: Pakistan.


Indotyphlops malcolmi

Sri Lankan Bicoloured Blind Snake

Srilankanische Zweifarbige Blindschlange

Srilankansk Tofarvet Ormeslange

1947 Typhlops malcolmi Taylor
Indotyphlops malcolmi Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Indotyphlops meszoelyi

Darjeeling Blind Snake

Darjeeling-Blindschlange

Darjeeling-ormeslange

1999 Typhlops meszoelyi Wallach
Indotyphlops meszoelyi Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014

Distribution: India (West Bengal).


Indotyphlops pammeces

Tamil Nadu Blind Snake, (Günther's Blind Snake)

Tamil-Nadu-Blindschlange

Tamil Nadu-ormeslange

1864 Typhlops tenuis Günther [not Typhlops tenuis Salvin 1860]
1864 Typhlops pammeces Günther
Typhlops braminus pammeces Boettger 1898
Indotyphlops pammeces Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014
1906 Typhlops psammophilus Annandale (Hahn 1980)

Distribution: India, Pakistan.


Indotyphlops porrectus

Indian Slender Blind Snake, (Large Blind Snake, Doi Pui Blind Snake)

Indische Blindschlange

Indisk Ormeslange

1871 Typhlops porrectus Stoliczka
Indotyphlops porrectus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014
1909 Typhlops mackinnoni Wall (Hahn 1980)
1913 Typhlops venningi Wall (Hahn 1980)
1999 Typhlops ductuliformes Khan (Wallach 2000)

Remarks: The forms mackinnoni and venningi may represent valid species (Wallach 1999). Not mentioned for Kerala by Palot (2015). Not mentioned for Punjab by Singh, Dutta & Singh (2021).
Distribution: Bangladesh, India (Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand.


Indotyphlops schmutzi

Komodo Blind Snake

Komodo-Blindschlange

Komodo-ormeslange

1980 Typhlops schmutzi Auffenberg
Indotyphlops schmutzi Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014

Distribution: Indonesia (Flores, Komodo, Sumbawa).


Indotyphlops tenebrarum

Chestnut Blind Snake

Kastanienbraune Blindschlange

Kastaniebrun Ormeslange

1947 Typhlops tenebrarum Taylor
Indotyphlops tenebrarum Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Indotyphlops tenuicollis

Slender-necked Blind Snake, Nagaland Blind Snake

Dünnnacken-Blindschlange

Tyndhalset Ormeslange

1864 Onychocephalus tenuicollis Peters
Typhlops tenuicollis Theobald 1876
Asiatyphlops tenuicollis Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014
Indotyphlops tenuicollis Pyron & Wallach 2014
1871 Typhlops theobaldianus Stoliczka (Hahn 1980)

Remarks: Although this species was reported from Jammu & Kashmir by Sahi & Duda (1985), it was not listed in a subsequent work by the same authors (Sahi & Duda 1996). It is unclear whether the authors intentionally removed the species from the state list in their latter work, but since all other reports of the species are from NE. India, its presence in Jammu & Kashmir is here regarded as doubtful.
Distribution: India (Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Nagaland).


Indotyphlops veddae

Vedda Blind Snake

Vedda-Blindschlange

Vedda-ormeslange

1947 Typhlops veddae Taylor
Indotyphlops veddae Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Indotyphlops violaceus

Violet Blind Snake

Violette Blindschlange

Violet Ormeslange

1947 Typhlops violaceus Taylor
Indotyphlops violaceus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014

Distribution: Sri Lanka.