Andaman worm snake
{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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| genus = Gerrhopilus
| species = andamanensis
| authority = (Stoliczka, 1871)
| synonyms = *Typhlops Andamanensis
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- Typhlops andamanensis
{{small|— Boulenger, 1893}} - Gerrhopilus andamanensis
{{small|— Vidal et al., 2010}}
| synonyms_ref =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).
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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.{{ITIS |id=634594 |taxon=Typhlops andamanensis |accessdate=1 September 2007}}{{NRDB species|genus=Gerrhopilus |species=andamanensis |accessdate=8 June 2016}}
Geographic range
It is found in the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. The type locality given is "Andaman Islands".
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Further reading
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- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops andamanensis, p. 52).
- Stoliczka F (1871). "Notes on some Indian and Burmese Ophidians". J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta 40: 421–445. (Typhlops andamanensis, new species, pp. 428–429 + Plate XXV, figures 9–12).
- Vidal N, Marin J, Morini M, Donnellan S, Branch WR, Thomas R, Vences M, Wynn A, Cruaud C, Hedges SB (2010). "Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana". Biology Letters 6: 558–561. (Gerrhopilus andamanensis, new combination).
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Category:Endemic fauna of the Andaman Islands
Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand Stoliczka
Category:Reptiles described in 1871
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