Gerrhopilus tindalli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Gerrhopilus
Species:
G. tindalli
Binomial name
Gerrhopilus tindalli
(M.A. Smith, 1943)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Typhlops tindalli
    M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Gerrhopilus tindalli
    — Vidal et al., 2010

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.[4]

Etymology

The specific name, tindalli, is in honor of Roger Tindall.[5]

Geographic range

G. tindalli is found in India in the Nilgiri Hills, Malabar District. The type locality given is "Nilambur, Malabar district" [India].[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. tindalli is forest.[1]

Reproduction

G. tindalli is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Ganesan, S.R. (2013). "Gerrhopilus tindalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172595A1348596. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172595A1348596.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. 1 2 Gerrhopilus tindalli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Typhlops tindalli ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  5. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops tindalli, p. 266).

Further reading

  • Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Typhlops tindalli, new species, pp. 53–54).
  • Vidal N, Marin J, Morini M, Donnellan S, Branch WR, Thomas R, Vences M, Wynn A, Cruaud C, Hedges SB (2010). "Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana". Biology Letters 6: 558-561. (Gerrhopilus tindalli, new combination).


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