Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803)

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, Zootaxa 5202 (1), pp. 1-197 : 124-127

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Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) View in CoL

Eryx braminus Daudin, 1803c: 279 . Type locality: Vizagapatam (Visakhapatnam), India.

Tortrix russelii Merrem, 1820: 84 View in CoL . Type locality: “in India orientali”.

Typhlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Fitzinger 1826: 53.

Tortrix braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Schlegel 1839 in 1837–1844: 39.

Argyrophis truncatus Gray, 1845: 138 View in CoL . Type locality: “ Philippines ”.

Onychocephalus capensis Smith, 1846 in 1838–1849: 111 (unnumbered), pl. 51, fig. 3, pl. 54, figs 9–16. Type locality: “interior of Southern Africa”.

Argyrophis braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Blyth 1856: 712.

Ophthalmidium tenue Hallowell, 1861: 497 View in CoL . Type locality: “ Hong-Kong , China ”.

Typhlops (Typhlops) inconspicuus Jan, 1863: 11 View in CoL . Type locality: “ Madagascar ”.

Typhlops (Typhlops) accedens Jan, 1863: 12 View in CoL . Type locality: unknown; East Indies fide Hahn 1980: 39.

Typhlops (Typhlops) euproctus Boettger, 1882: 479 View in CoL . Type locality: “Lukubé, insula Nossi-Bé, Madagascariensis” (= Lokobe , Nosy Be Island, W Antsiranana Province, N Madagascar).

Typhlops braminus arenicola Annandale, 1906: 192 . Type locality: not stated; “Rámanád, Tamil Nadu State, southern India ” fide Das & Gayen 2004: 97.

Typhlops limbrickii Annandale, 1906: 193 View in CoL , pl. 9, figs. 3–3a. Type locality: “ Rámanád , (Tamil Nadu State), southern India.”

Typhlops braminus pallidus Wall, 1909: 609 . Type locality: “ Dibrugarh , south bank of Brahmaputra [River], Upper Assam, India ”.

Glauconia braueri Sternfeld, 1910c: 69 View in CoL . Type locality: “ Bagamoyo , Deutsch-Ostafrika” (= Tanzania).

Typhlops fletcheri Wall, 1919: 556 View in CoL , pl. 1 (upper right). Type locality: “ Nilgiri Hills , India ”.

Typhlops khoratensis Taylor, 1962: 248 View in CoL , fig. 13A. Type locality: “ Muak Lek , Friendship Highway, Sara Buri Province, Thailand ”.

Typhlops pseudosaurus Dryden & Taylor, 1969: 270 View in CoL . Type locality: “ Harmon Village , Guam, Mariana Islands”.

Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) View in CoL : Hedges et al. 2014: 6.

Virgotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Wallach 2020: 10.

Distribution. Likely native of India or Sri Lanka; it is spread on all continents through human introductions. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Annobon at San Antonio outskirts ( Map 36B View MAPS 36 ).

Comments. Recorded in Annobon by Jesus et al. (2003) at the surroundings of San Antonio, under rocks. It is a species complex ( Sidharthan et al. 2022).

Specimens examined. No specimens of this taxon have been found in the examined collections.

References

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Blyth, E. (1856) Report for October meeting, 1855. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 24 (7), 711 - 723. [1855]

Boettger, O. (1882) Diagnoses reptilium et batrachiorum novorum insulae Nossi-Be Madagascariensis. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 5 (120), 478 - 480.

Das, I. & Gayen, N. C. (2004) Addenda and corrigenda to the catalogue of reptile types in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India. Hamadryad, 28 (1 - 2), 95 - 97.

Daudin, F. M. (1803 c) Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere des Reptiles. Vol. 7. F. Dufart, Paris, 436 pp.

Dryden, G. L. & Taylor, E. H. (1969) Reptiles from the Mariana and Caroline Islands. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 48 (8), 269 - 279. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 11222

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Jesus, J., Brehm, A. & Harris, D. J. (2003) The herpetofauna of Annobon island, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. Herpetological Bulletin, 86, 20 - 22.

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Sidharthan, C., Roy, P., Narayanan, S. & Karanth, K. P. (2022) A widespread commensal loses its identity: suggested taxonomic revision for Indotyphlops braminus (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) based on molecular data. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 1 - 15. [published online] https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 13127 - 022 - 00577 - 5

Smith, A. (1846) in 1838 - 1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa, Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835 and 1836. Reptilia. Smith, Elder and Co., London, unnumbered text, 28 pp., 78 pls.

Sternfeld, R. (1910 c) Neue Schlangen aus Kamerun, Abessynien u. Deutsch-Ostafrika. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin, 5, 67 - 70.

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Wall, F. (1909) Notes on snakes collected in Upper Assam. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 19 (3), 608 - 623.

Wall, F. (1919) Notes on a collection of snakes made in the Nilgiri Hills and the adjacent Wynaad. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 26 (2), 552 - 584.

Wallach, V. (2020) How to easily identify the flowerpot blindsnake, Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803), with proposal of a new genus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Podarcis, 11 (1), 4 - 12.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Typhlopidae
Genus	Indotyphlops