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Typhlops porrectus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Scientific name
  
Typhlops porrectus

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Squamata

Family
  
Typhlopidae

Higher classification
  
Typhlops

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Similar
  
Typhlops, Snake, Reptile, Scolecophidia, Typhlopidae

Typhlops porrectus is a harmless blind snake species found in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and northern Myanmar. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Geographic range

Found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and northern Myanmar. The type locality given is "Hurdwár, ... Calcutta, ... foot of the Parisnáth hill (in Western Bengal), ... base base of the Rangnu valley below Darjíling, ... and south of Agra"[northern and eastern India].

References

Typhlops porrectus Wikipedia