Indotyphlops Explained

Indotyphlops is a genus of snakes of the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to Asia.

Species

The genus Indotyphlops contains the following 23 species which are recognized as being valid.

Indotyphlops ahsanai
Indotyphlops albiceps - white-headed blind snake
Indotyphlops braminus - flowerpot snake, Brahminy blindsnake, bootlace snake
Indotyphlops exiguus - Belgaum worm snake
Indotyphlops filiformis - file worm snake
Indotyphlops fletcheri
Indotyphlops jerdoni - Jerdon's worm snake
Indotyphlops laca - Laca's worm snake
Indotyphlops lankaensis - Sri Lanka worm snake
Indotyphlops lazelli
Indotyphlops leucomelas - pied worm snake
Indotyphlops longissimus - long worm snake
Indotyphlops loveridgei - Loveridge's worm snake
Indotyphlops madgemintonae
Indotyphlops malcolmi - Malcolm's worm snake
Indotyphlops meszoelyi - Darjeeling worm snake
Indotyphlops mollyozakiae - Molly Ozaki’s blind snake
Indotyphlops pammeces - South India worm snake
Indotyphlops porrectus - slender worm snake
Indotyphlops schmutzi - Schmutz's worm snake
Indotyphlops tenebrarum
Indotyphlops tenuicollis - Samagutin worm snake
Indotyphlops veddae - Vedda worm snake
Indotyphlops violaceus - violet worm Snake

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Indotyphlops.

Further reading

Hedges, S. Blair

Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1-61. (Indotyphlops, new genus, pp. 37–38).