Indotyphlops loveridgei
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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.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.[2]
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".[3]
Behavior
Indotyphlops loveridgei is terrestrial.[4]
Reproduction
Indotyphlops loveridgei is oviparous.[5]
References
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- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Typhlops loveridgei, p. 161).
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Further reading
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- 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
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