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List Of Snakes Of South Asia
The following is a list of snakes of South Asia, primarily covering the region covered by mainland India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains. All families are covered except for the Colubridae which is found here. This forms part of the complete list of reptiles of South Asia. South Asia and India in particular have the highest number of snake species in the world. Order Squamata - suborder Serpents Family Leptotyphlopidae * ''Myriopholis blanfordi'' * '' Myriopholis hamulirostris'' Family Typhlopidae * Brahminy Blind Snake (''Ramphotyphlops braminus'') Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka * Slender blind snake ('' Typhlops porrectus'') Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka * Giant blind snake ('' Typhlops diardii'') Northeast India, Bangladesh, China, Indo-China, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay region * Pied blind snake ('' Typhlops leucomelas'') Sri Lanka * Jan's blind snake (''Typhlops mirus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Asia
South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;;;;; Topographically, it is dominated by the Indian subcontinent and defined largely by the Indian Ocean on the south, and the Himalayas, Karakoram, and Pamir mountains on the north. The Amu Darya, which rises north of the Hindu Kush, forms part of the northwestern border. On land (clockwise), South Asia is bounded by Western Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an economic cooperation organization in the region which was established in 1985 and includes all eight nations comprising South Asia. South Asia covers about , which is 11.71% of the Asian continent or 3.5% of the world's land surface area. The population of South Asia is about 1.9 billion or about one- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlops Porrectus
''Indotyphlops porrectus'', the slender worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to South Asia. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. Not further Study available about this species. Because their number is almost non-existent and their picture has not been recorded yet۔ Geographic range ''Indotyphlops porrectus'' is found in Bangladesh, India, northern Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The type locality given is "Hurdwár, ... Calcutta, ... foot of the Parisnáth hill (in Western Bengal), ... base of the Rangnu valley below Darjíling, ... and south of Agra" orthern and eastern India Description ''Indotyphlops porrectus'' is small and slender. It may attain a total length (including tail) of , and a diameter of about . There are 18 scale rows around the body. It is brown or blackish dorsally, and paler ventrally. The snout, chin, and anal region are whitish. Smith MA (1943). ''The Fauna of Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlops Oligolepis
''Gerrhopilus oligolepis'', also known as the few-scaled worm snake or Wall's worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species found in northern India and Nepal. No subspecies are currently recognized. Geographic range Found in the eastern Himalayas in India in the area of Sikkim and Darjeeling and in Nepal. The type locality given is "Nagri Valley below Darjeeling ndiaat an altitude of about 5000 feet." References Further reading * Wall F. 1909. Notes on snakes from the neighbourhood of Darjeeling. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19:337-357. oligolepis ''Oligolepis'' is a genus of fish in the goby family Gobiidae, native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: * ... Snakes of Asia Reptiles of India Reptiles of Nepal Taxa named by Frank Wall Reptiles described in 1909 {{Scolecophidia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlops Tenuicollis
''Indotyphlops tenuicollis'', the Samagutin worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species found in northern India. No subspecies are currently recognized. Geographic range Definitely only known from Nagaland in northern India. The type locality given is "angelich aus dem Himalaya" (Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...). References Further reading * Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. * Peters W. 1864. Über neue Amphibien (Typhloscincus, Typhlops, Asthenodipsas, Ogmodon). Mber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin: 271-276. * Stoliczka F. 1871. Notes on some Indian and Burmese Ophidians. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40: 421-445 * Theobald, W. 1876 Descriptive catalogue of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlops Thurstoni
''Gerrhopilus thurstoni'', or Thurston's worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Gerrhopilidae. The species is native to western India. No recognized subspecies exist. Etymology The specific name, ''thurstoni'', is in honor of British zoologist Edgar Thurston. Geographic range In western India, ''G. thurstoni'' has been found in southern Goa, from sea level to approximately 1,200 m elevation (4,000 feet), and in Kerala. The type locality given is "''Nilgiri Hills, Brit. Ostindien'' ". Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''G. thurstoni'' is forest. Description ''G. thurstoni'' may attain a total length (including tail) of . The body is light brown or yellowish dorsally, and paler ventrally. The snout and the anal region are whitish. Smith MA (1943). Reproduction ''G. thurstoni'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlops Tindalli
''Gerrhopilus tindalli'', also known commonly as the Nilgiri Hills worm snake or Tindall's worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Gerrhopilidae. The species is native to southern India. There are no recognized subspecies. Etymology The specific name, ''tindalli'', is in honor of Roger Tindall.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Typhlops tindalli'', p. 266). Geographic range ''G. tindalli'' is found in India in the Nilgiri Hills, Malabar District. The type locality given is "Nilambur, Malabar district" ndia Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''G. tindalli'' is forest. Reproduction ''G. tindalli'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramphotyphlops Exocoeti
The Christmas Island blind snake (''Ramphotyphlops exocoeti)'' is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Christmas Island. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. Etymology The specific name, ''exocoeti'', which means "flying fish", is in honor of the officers of HMS ''Flying Fish'', who collected the holotype. Geographic range ''R. exocoeti'' is only found on Christmas Island (Australia). The type locality given is "Christmas Island, Indian Ocean". Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''R. exocoeti'' is forest, at altitudes from sea level to . Description ''R. exocoeti'' may attain a total length of , which includes a tail long. Boulenger GA (1893). Behavior ''R. exocoeti'' is terrestrial and fossorial. Reproduction ''R. exocoeti'' is oviparous. www.reptile-database.org. Conservation status The species ''R. exocoeti'' is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List with the following criteria: D2 (v2.3, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinotyphlops Acutus
''Grypotyphlops acutus'', also known as the beaked worm snake, beaked blind snake, or beak-nosed worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species endemic to peninsular India. It is the only species in the genus ''Grypotyphlops''. No subspecies are currently recognized. Taxonomy ''Grypotyphlops'' is thought to group with the African typhlopids in the genera ''Afrotyphlops'', ''Letheobia ''Letheobia'' is a genus of Scolecophidia, blind snakes in the Family (biology), family Typhlopidae.Van Wallach, Wallach, Van (2005) "''Letheobia pauwelsi'', a new species of blindsnake from Gabon (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)." ''African Journal of H ...'', and ''Rhinotyphlops'', being the sister group to the latter two and having dispersed from Africa to the Indian subcontinent during the Paleogene. This contrasts with the other blind snakes in the Indian subcontinent, which are thought to have either mainland Asian ancestry (''Indotyphlops'' and ''Argyrophis'') or be descended from ancient Gondwana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlops Andamanesis
The Andaman worm snake (''Gerrhopilus andamanensis'') is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Gerrhopilidae. The species is endemic to the Andaman Islands. No subspecies are currently recognized. Geographic range It is found in the Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ... in the Bay of Bengal. The type locality given is "Andaman Islands". References Further reading * Boulenger GA (1893). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (''Typhlops andamanensis'', p. 52). * Stoliczka F (1871). "Notes on some Indian and Burmese Ophidians". ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlops Beddomii
Beddome's worm snake (''Gerrhopilus beddomii'') is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Gerrhopilidae. The species is native to southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized. Etymology ''G. beddomii'' is named after Richard Henry Beddome (1830-1911), a British army officer and botanist. Geographic range Beddome's worm snake is found in southern India in the Western Ghats and in the Kimedy Hills near Visakhapatnam in eastern India. The type locality given is "Hills of the Indian Peninsula ... Kimedy Hills, ( Visakhapatnam district) and in the Anaimalai and Travancore Hills between 2000 and 5000 feet" (about 600–1500 m). Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''G. beddomii'' is forest, at altitudes of . Description ''G. beddomii'' may attain a total length (including tail) of . Dorsally, it is brown, often with a darker vertebral line. Ventrally, it is paler brown. The rounded snout and the anal region are whitish. Smith MA (1943). Reprod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlops Exiguus
''Indotyphlops exiguus'', the Belgaum worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species found in India. No subspecies are currently recognized. Geographic range Found in southwestern India where it is known only from Belgaum Belgaum (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous ... in the state of Karnataka. The type locality given is "Indes orientalis" ast Indies References Further reading * Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. * Jan G. 1864. Iconogr. gén. Ophid., 1 (3. livr.): 3. * Werner F. 1921. Synopsis der Schlangenfamilie der Typhlopiden auf Grund des Boulenger'schen Schlangenkatalogs (1893-1896). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 87A: 266-330. External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q3013407 Indotyphl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlops Pammeces
''Indotyphlops pammeces'', the South India worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species found in southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized. Geographic range Found in southern India. The type locality given is "Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ..." ndia References Further reading * Annandale N. 1906. Notes on the fauna of a desert tract in southern India. Part. I. Batrachians and reptiles, with remarks on the reptiles of the desert region of the North-West Frontier. Mem Asiatic Soc Bengal Calcutta 1: 183-202. * Günther A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q3011881 Indotyphlops Reptiles described in 1864 Taxa named by Albert Günther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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