| Indotyphlops loveridgei | |
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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. loveridgei |
| Binomial name | |
| Indotyphlops loveridgei (Constable, 1949) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Indotyphlops loveridgei, or Loveridge's worm snake is a harmless blind snake species endemic to northern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Etymology
The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.
Geographic range
It 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".
References
- ^ 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).
- "Typhlops loveridgei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- 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. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 103 (2): 59-160. (Typhlops loveridgei, new species, pp. 110–111).online
External links
- Indotyphlops loveridgei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2007.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Typhlops loveridgei | |