Andaman worm snake

Andaman worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Gerrhopilus
Species:
G. andamanensis
Binomial name
Gerrhopilus andamanensis
(Stoliczka, 1871)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Typhlops Andamanensis
    Stoliczka, 1871
  • Typhlops andamanensis
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Gerrhopilus andamanensis
    — Vidal et al., 2010

The Andaman worm snake (Gerrhopilus andamanensis) is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Gerrhopilidae. The species is endemic to the Andaman Islands. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3][2]

  1. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
  2. ^ a b Gerrhopilus andamanensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Typhlops andamanensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.