''Argyrophis'' is a
genus
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of snakes in the
family
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Typhlopidae
The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Australia and various islands. The rostral scale overhangs the mouth to form a shovel-like burrowing str ...
.
Distribution
The 12 species of the genus ''Argyrophis'' are found throughout Asia.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.
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Argyrophis bothriorhynchus''
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Argyrophis diardii''
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Argyrophis fuscus''
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Argyrophis giadinhensis''
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Argyrophis hypsobothrius''
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Argyrophis klemmeri
''Argyrophis klemmeri'', also known as Klemmer's blind snake or the Kuala Lumpur worm snake, is a species of Asian snake in the family Typhlopidae.
Geographic range
''A. klemmeri'' is found in western Malaysia."''Argyrophis klemmeri'' ". The Re ...
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Argyrophis koshunensis''
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Argyrophis muelleri''
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Argyrophis oatesii
''Argyrophis oatesii'', also known commonly as the Andaman Island worm snake or Oates's blind snake, is a species of harmless snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Andaman Islands. There are no subspecies that are reco ...
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Argyrophis roxaneae''
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Argyrophis siamensis''
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Argyrophis trangensis''
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Nota bene
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binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Argyrophis''.
References
Further reading
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Gray JE (1845). ''Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum.'' London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (''Argyrophis'', new genus, p. 136).
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Pyron RA,
Wallach V (2014). "Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence". ''Zootaxa'' 3829: 1-81. (Genus ''Argyrophis'', p. 53).
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Snake genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray