Indotyphlops

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

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

References

Further reading

• Hedges, S. Blair; ; ; ; (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).