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Typhlops vermicularis DAUDIN, 1803

           
 

Higher Taxa

Typhlopidae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes (snakes

Subspecies

Common Name

E: Eurasian Blind Snake
G: Blödauge, Europ.Wurmschlange

Synonym

Anguis lumbricalis DAUDIN 1803: 308 (preoccupied)
Typhlops vermicularis MERREM 1820: 158
Typhlops flavescens BIBRON & BORY in BORY 1833
Typhlops vermicularis — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844: 303
Argyrophis vermicularis - GRAY 1845: 137
Typhlops syriacus JAN, in JAN & SORDELLI 1864
Typhlops vermicalis BREHM 1869 (lapsus)
Typhlops persicus BLANFORD 1874
Typhlops lumbricalis (not of LINNAEUS) - SCHREIBER 1875
Typhlops vermicularis — BOULENGER 1887: 345
Typhlops vermicularis — BOULENGER 1893: 21
Typhlops vermicularis — ENGELMANN et al 1993
Typhlops vermicularis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 124

Location

Albania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Corfu = Corfou, Lesbos, Chios, Limnos, Samos, Thassos), Romania, Turkey, Cyprus,
Soviet Union, S Russia (Caucasus, Dagestan), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, S Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan,
Egypt, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan ?

Type locality: Greece

Holotype

Types: Unlocated

Comment

Not in Pakistan fide KHAN 2002 (pers. comm

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