Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
May 4th, 2025.
 
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Genus
Pseudoindotyphlops
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Indian Blind Snakes
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Indische Blindschlangen
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Indiske Ormeslanger
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Pseudoindotyphlops Sidharthan, Roy & Karanth (type species: Typhlops exiguus Jan 1864) |
Contents:
2 species, of which 1 (50.0%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
The species of this genus were formerly included in the genus
Typhlops
and, more recently,
Indotyphlops.
Distribution:
Bangladesh,
India
(Bihar,
Chhattisgarh,
Delhi,
Goa,
Gujarat,
Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Maharashtra,
Odisha,
Punjab,
Sikkim,
Tamil Nadu,
Uttarakhand,
West Bengal),
Myanmar,
Nepal,
Pakistan,
Thailand.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Pseudoindotyphlops.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Pseudoindotyphlops exiguus
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Belgaum Blind Snake, (Jan's Blind Snake)
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Belgaum-Blindschlange
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Belgaum-ormeslange
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1864 | |
Typhlops exiguus Jan |
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Indotyphlops exiguus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
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Pseudoindotyphlops exiguus Sidharthan & Roy & Karanth 2024 |
Distribution:
India
(Karnataka).
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Pseudoindotyphlops porrectus
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Indian Slender Blind Snake, (Large Blind Snake, Doi Pui Blind Snake)
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Indische Blindschlange
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Indisk Ormeslange
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1871 | |
Typhlops porrectus Stoliczka |
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Indotyphlops porrectus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
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Pseudoindotyphlops exiguus Sidharthan & Roy & Karanth 2024 |
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1909 | |
Typhlops mackinnoni Wall (syn. Hahn 1980) |
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1913 | |
Typhlops venningi Wall (syn. Hahn 1980) |
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1999 | |
Typhlops ductuliformes Khan (syn. Wallach 2000) |
Remarks:
The forms mackinnoni and venningi may represent valid species (Wallach 1999).
Not present in Sri Lanka (Vyas, Ganesan, Srinivasulu, Wogan, Das, Chan-Ard, Srinivasulu & Vijayakumar 2021, based on pers. comm. with N. Wickramasinghe 2019),
although reported by some authors (e.g., Silva 1990; McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999; Das & Silva 2005).
Presence in Singapore needs confirmation (Figueroa, Low & Lim 2023).
Presence in Bangkok is presumably based on an introduction, but the species occurs in northern Thailand (Vyas & al. 2021).
Presumed to occur in Bangladesh (Vyas & al. 2021), and reported from the country by some authors (e.g., Sarker & Sarker 1985; Das 1996; Khan 2004).
Records from Myanmar have not been confirmed in recent surveys (Vyas & al. 2021, based on pers. comm. with G. Wogan 2011).
Not mentioned for Nepal by Vyas & al. (2021).
Not mentioned for Kerala by Palot (2015).
Not mentioned for Punjab by Singh, Dutta & Singh (2021).
Distribution:
Bangladesh,
India
(Bihar,
Chhattisgarh,
Delhi,
Goa,
Gujarat,
Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Maharashtra,
Odisha,
Punjab,
Sikkim,
Tamil Nadu,
Uttarakhand,
West Bengal),
Myanmar,
Nepal,
Pakistan,
Thailand.
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