Indotyphlops lazelli
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Indotyphlops |
| Species: | I. lazelli
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Indotyphlops lazelli, commonly known as the Hong Kong blind snake and Lazell's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Hong Kong.[3][4]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, lazelli, is in honor of American herpetologist James Draper "Skip" Lazell.[5]
Description
[edit]I. lazelli is characterized by having 18 scale rows around the body.[2] The mental is projecting, and the second and third upper labials overlap the shields above them.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of I. lazelli is forest, at altitudes of 100–200 m (330–660 ft).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Lau, M.; Qi, S.; Rao, D.-Q. (2024). "Indotyphlops lazelli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T199780A199545467. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T199780A199545467.en. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ a b Wallach, V.; Pauwels, Olivier S. G. (2004). "Typhlops lazelli, a new species of Chinese blindsnake from Hong Kong (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Breviora. 512 (1): 1–21. doi:10.3099/0006-9698(2004)512[1:TLANSO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86212032.
- ^ a b c d Indotyphlops lazelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 June 2020.
- ^ Zhao, E.M. (2006). [The Snakes of China ]. Hefei, China: Anhui Science & Technology Publishing House. Vol. I, 372 pp.; Vol. II (color plates), 280 pp. (in Chinese).
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops lazelli, p. 153).
Further reading
[edit]- Hedges, S.B.; Marion, A.B.; Lipp, K.M.; Marin, J.; Vidal, N. (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. (Indotyphlops lazelli, new combination).
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