Indotyphlops madgemintonae
| Indotyphlops madgemintonae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Indotyphlops |
| Species: | I. madgemintonae
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| Binomial name | |
| Indotyphlops madgemintonae | |
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Indotyphlops madgemintonae is a species of blind snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Pakistan. There are two recognized subspecies.
Subspecies
[edit]Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Indotyphlops madgemintonae madgemintonae (Khan, 1999)
- Indotyphlops madgemintonae shermani (Khan, 1999)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Indotyphlops.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, madgemintonae (genitive, feminine, singular), is in honor of Madge Alice Shortridge Rutherford Minton (1920–2004), the wife of American herpetologist Sherman A. Minton. The subspecific name, shermani (genitive, masculine, singular), is in honor of Sherman A. Minton.[4]
Description
[edit]Dorsally, Indotyphlops madgemintonae is dark brown. Ventrally, it is light brown. It has 336–364 dorsal scales in the vertebral row. The tail ends in a spine.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]Indotyphlops madgemintonae is found in the Kashmir region of Pakistan.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of Indotyphlops madgemintoni is pine forest, at altitudes up to 1,315 m (4,314 ft).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]Indotyphlops madgemintonae is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Khan MS (2021). "Indotyphlops madgemintonae ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T118237063A118237069.en. Accessed on 18 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g Species Indotyphlops madgemintonae at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. xi + 511 pp.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops madgemintonae, pp. 165, 178–179; T. m. shermani, p. 179).
Further reading
[edit]- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1–61. (Indotyphlops madgemintonae, new combination).
- Khan MS (1999). "Two new species and a subspecies of blind snakes of genus Typhlops from Azad Kashmir and Punjab, Pakistan (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 6 (3): 231–240. ("Typhlops madgemintonai [sic]", new species, p. 233; "Typhlops madgemintonai shermanai [sic]", new subspecies, p. 236).
- Wallach V (2000). "Critical review of some recent descriptions of Pakistani Typhlops by M. S. Khan, 1999 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Hamadryad 25 (2): 129–143. (Typhlops madgemintonae, corrected name, p. 130).