INDIAN SNAKES
INDIAN SNAKES
INDIAN SNAKES
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CONTENTS<br />
Foreivord Hi<br />
Prefeace v<br />
Acknowledgements vi<br />
INTRODUCTION 1<br />
HISTORICAL REVIEW 6<br />
PHYLOGENY 8<br />
ZOOGEOGRAPHY 9<br />
SYSTEMATIC 12<br />
:• AQUAMATA - 12<br />
' SERPENTES : 12<br />
Family 1. TYPHLOPIDAE Gray 1845 12<br />
Genus 1. Typhlops Oppel 1811 13<br />
1. Typhlops porrectus Stoliczka 1871 Slender Blind Snake 13<br />
2. Ramphotyphlops (Typhlops) braminus (Daudin 1803) Common Blind Snake 14<br />
3. Typhlops psammeces Gunther 1864 Gunther's Blind Snake 15<br />
4. Typhlops thurstoni Boettger 1890 Malabar Blind Snake 15<br />
5. Typhlops jerdani Boulenger 1890 Jerdon's Worm Snake 16<br />
6. Typhlops tenuicollis (Peters 1864) Peter's Worm Snake 17<br />
7. Typhlops diardi Schlegel 1839 Diard's Blind Snake 17<br />
8. Typhlops oatesi Boulenger 1890 Cacos Blind Snake 19<br />
9. Typhlops bothriorhynchus Gunther 1864 Gunther's Blind Snake 19<br />
10. Txjphlops tindalli Smith 1943 Tindall's Blind Snake 20<br />
11. Typhlops beddomei Boulenger 1890 Beddom's Blind Snake 20<br />
12. Typhlops oligolepis Wall 1909 Wall's Worm Snake 20<br />
13. Typhlops andamanensis Stoliczka 1871 Stoliczka's Blind Snake 21<br />
14. Typhlops acutus Dumeril & Bibron 1844 The Beaked Blind Snake 21<br />
Family II. LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE<br />
Genus 2. Leptotyphlops Fitzinger 1843<br />
15. Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus Jan. 1862 Beaked Thread Snake 22
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