Argyrophis diardii
{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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| image = Argyrophis diardii.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Argyrophis
| species = diardii
| authority = Schlegel, 1839
| synonyms = {{hidden begin|title = List}}
- Typhlops Diardii
{{small|Schlegel, 1839}} - Typhlops Mülleri
{{small|Schlegel, 1839}} - Typhlops nigro-albus
{{small|A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844}} - Argyrophis bicolor
{{small|Gray, 1845}} - Argyrophis Horsfieldii
{{small|Gray, 1845}} - Typhlops striolatus
{{small|W. Peters, 1861}} - T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) nigroalbus
{{small|— Jan, 1863}} - T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Schneideri
{{small|Jan, 1863}} - T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Diardi
{{small|— Jan, 1863}} - T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) Mülleri
{{small| — Jan, 1863}} - T[yphlops]. Diardi
{{small|— Jan & Sordelli, 1864}} - T[yphlops]. bicolor
{{small|— Jan & Sordelli, 1864}} - T[yphlops]. Mülleri
{{small|— Jan & Sordelli, 1864}} - T[yphlops]. nigroalbus
{{small|— Jan & Sordelli, 1864}} - Typhlops horsfieldii
{{small|— Günther, 1864}} - T[yphlops]. Schneideri
{{small|— Jan & Sordelli, 1865}} - Tychlpos Diardii
{{small|— Steindachner, 1867}} - Typhlops barmanus
{{small|Stoliczka, 1872}} - Typhlops diardi
{{small|— Boulenger, 1893}} - Typhlops muelleri
{{small|— Boulenger, 1893}} - Typhlops nigroalbus
{{small|— Boulenger, 1893}} - Typhlops schneideri
{{small|— Boulenger, 1893}} - Typhlops kapaladua
{{small|Annandale, 1906}} - Typhlops tephrosoma
{{small|Wall, 1908}} - [Typhlops diardi] var. cinereus
{{small|Wall, 1909}} - Typhlops labialis
{{small|Waite, 1918}} - Typhlops diardi diardi
{{small|— M.A. Smith, 1923}} - Typhlops diardi nigroalbus
{{small|— M.A. Smith, 1923}} - Typhlops fusconotus
{{small|Brongersma, 1934}} - Typhlops diardi mülleri
{{small|— Brongersma, 1934}} - Typhlops diardi
{{small|— Bourret, 1936}} - Typhlops d[ardi]. tephrosoma
{{small|— Bourret, 1936}} - Typhlops diardi diardi
{{small|— Hahn, 1980}} - Typhlops muelleri
{{small|— Hahn, 1980}}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). - Typhlops diardii
{{small|— McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999}} - Asiatyphlops diardii
{{small|— Hedges et al., 2014}} - Argyrophis diardii
{{small|— Pyron & Wallach, 2014}}
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Argyrophis diardii, commonly known as Diard's blind snake, the Indochinese blind snake, the large blind snake, or the large worm snake, is a species of harmless snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to South Asia and Southeast Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.
Taxonomy
A. diardii was first described by Hermann Schlegel in 1839, as Typhlops Diardii. The type locality of Schlegel's specimen was "Cochinchina [southern Vietnam]". Saint Girons (1972: 32) described it as "Cochinchina sans certitude [southern Vietnam without certainty]", and Hahn (1980: 56) as "East Indies".
=Etymology=
Both the specific name, diardii, and the common name, "Diard's blindsnake", are in honor of French naturalist Pierre-Médard Diard.{{cite book|author=Schlegel H|author-link=Hermann Schlegel|year=1839|title=Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter Amphibien, nach der Natur oder dem Leben entworfen und mit einem erläuternden Texte begleitet|location=Düsseldorf|publisher=Arnz & Comp.}} xiv + 141 pp. ("Typhlops Diardii ", new species, p. 38). (in German).{{cite book|author1=Beolens, Bo |author2=Watkins, Michael |author3=Grayson, Michael |year=2011|chapter=Typhlops diardi |page=72|title=The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles|location=Baltimore|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=978-1-4214-0135-5}}
=Subspecies=
Two subspecies of Typhlops diardii are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies:
- Argyrophis diardii diardii {{small|Schlegel, 1839}}
- Argyrophis diardii platyventris {{small|Khan, 1998}}{{cite journal|author=Khan MS|author-link=:fr:Muhammad Sharif Khan|year=1998|title=Notes on Typhlops diardi Schlegel, 1839, with description of a new subspecies |journal=Pakistan Journal of Zoology|volume=30|issue=3|pages=213−221}}
Description
A. diardii is heavy-bodied for a blindsnake. It has 22–25 scale rows around the body at midbody. The belly is distinctly flat.
Distribution and habitat
A. diardii is found in India (Jalpaiguri-West Bengal, as far west as Dun Valley in Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Nias Island, Sumatra, Web Island (off northwest Sumatra), Bangka, and Borneo.
The preferred natural habitats of A. diardii are forest, shrubland, and grassland, but it has also been found in agricultural areas.
References
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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 diardi, pp. 22–23; T. muelleri, p. 25; T. nigroalbus, p. 24; T. schneideri, p. 27).
- Wallach V (2000). "Critical review of some recent descriptions of Pakistani Typhlops by M.S. Khan, 1999 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Hamadryad 25 (2): 129-143.
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