Indotyphlops ahsanai
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Indotyphlops |
Species: | I. ahsanai
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Binomial name | |
Indotyphlops ahsanai (Khan, 1999)
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Indotyphlops ahsanai is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2] The species is endemic to Pakistan. Its taxonomic status is uncertain. [1]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, ahsanai, is in honor of Pakistani zoologist Ahsanul-Islam (1927–1974).[3]
Geographic range
[edit]I. ahsanai is found in Kotli district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Species Indotyphlops ahsanai at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
- ^ 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 ahsanai, p. 3).
Further reading
[edit]- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, 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 ahsanai, new combination).
- Khan MS (1999). "Two new species and a subspecies of blind snakes of genus Typhlops from Azad Kashmir and Punjab, Pakistan (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 6 (3): 231–240. (Typhlops ahsanai, new species, p. 238).