Indotyphlops ahsanai

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Indotyphlops ahsanai

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Indotyphlops
Species:
I. ahsanai
Binomial name
Indotyphlops ahsanai
(Khan, 1999)
Synonyms[1]
  • Typhlops ahsanai
    Khan, 1999
  • Indotyphlops ahsanai
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Indotyphlops ahsanai is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Pakistan. Not further Study available about this species. Because their number is almost non-existent and their picture has not been recorded yet۔

Etymology[]

The specific name, ahsanai, is in honor of Pakistani zoologist Ahsanul-Islam (1927–1974).[4]

Geographic range[]

I. ahsanai is found in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Species Indotyphlops ahsanai at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, (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. ^ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  4. ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops ahsanai, p. 3).

Further reading[]

  • Hedges SB, , , , (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Indotyphlops ahsanai, new combination).
  • Khan MS (1999). "Two new species of blind snakes genus Typhlops from Azad Kashmir and Punjab, Pakistan (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 6 (3): 231–240. (Typhlops ahsanai, new species, p. 238).



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