Xerotyphlops vermicularis

Xerotyphlops vermicularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Asiatyphlopinae
Genus: Xerotyphlops
Species:Xerotyphlops vermicularis

Name

• Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820)

Type locality: “Archipelago, Asia”, restricted to “Griechische Inseln [= Greek islands]” by Mertens & Müller (1928).

Combinations

• Typhlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820: 158 [original designation]
• Xerotyphlops vermicularis — Hedges et al. 2014: 41 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Anguis lumbricalis Daudin, 1803: 308 [preoccupied by Anguis lumbricalis Linnaeus, 1758]

• Typhlops flavescens Bibron & Bory in Bory, 1833: 72

• Typhlops persicus Blanford, 1874: 34

Syntypes (2): ZSI 6899 and BMNH 1946.1.11.87 (formerly BMNH 1874.11.25.17).

Type locality: “in Persia meridionali”, specified later to “Hills, north-east of Darján, between Karmán and Shiráz”, Iran, by Blanford (1876).

References

Primary references

• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Blanford, W.T. 1874. Descriptions of new Reptilia and Amphibia from Persia and Baluchistán. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4 14(79): 31–35. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680916 BHL Reference page. 
• 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. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Xerotyphlops vermicularis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 November 2017.
• Aghasyan, A., Avci, A., Tuniyev, B., Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J., Lymberakis, P., Andrén, C., Cogalniceanu, D., Wilkinson, J., Ananjeva, N.B., Üzüm, N., Orlov, N.L., Podloucky, R., Tuniyev, S., Kaya, U., Ajtic, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Disi, A.M., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R., Werner, Y.L., Haxhiu, I,, Baha El Din, S., Sterijovski, B., Böhme, W., Jelić, D., Borkin, L., Milto, K., Golynsky, E., Rustamov, A, Nuridjanov, D. & Munkhbayar, K. 2017. IUCN: Xerotyphlops vermicularis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T157274A747386. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157274A747386.en

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Europäische Wurmschlange
• English: Eurasian Blind Snake
• eesti: Vagelpimemadu
• македонски: Црвовидна змија

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