Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Typhlops beddomii Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Family Typhlopidae Higher classification Typhlops | |
Similar Typhlops, Snake, Typhlopidae | ||
Typhlops beddomii is a harmless blind snake species endemic to southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.
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Etymology
This species is named after Richard Henry Beddome (1830-1911), a British army officer and botanist.
Geographic range
Beddome's worm snake is found in southern India in the Western Ghats and in the Kimedy Hills near Visakhapatnam in eastern India.
The type locality given is "Hills of the Indian Peninsula ... Kimedy Hills, (Visakhapatnam district) and in the Anaimalai and Travancore Hills between 2000 and 5000 feet" (about 600–1500 m).
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