Indotyphlops lazelli

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| genus = Indotyphlops

| species = lazelli

| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Lau, M. |author-link=species:Michael Wai-Neng Lau |author2=Qi, S. |author2-link=species:Shuo Qi |author3=Rao, D.-Q. |author3-link=species:Ding-Qi Rao |date=2024 |title=Indotyphlops lazelli |volume=2024 |page=e.T199780A199545467 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T199780A199545467.en |access-date=20 December 2024}}

| authority = (Wallach & Pauwels, 2004)

| synonyms = *Typhlops lazelli
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Indotyphlops lazelli, commonly known as the Hong Kong blind snake and Lazell's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Hong Kong.Zhao, E.M. (2006). [The Snakes of China ]. Hefei, China: Anhui Science & Technology Publishing House. Vol. I, 372 pp.; Vol. II (color plates), 280 pp. (in Chinese).

Etymology

The specific name, lazelli, is in honor of American herpetologist James Draper "Skip" Lazell.Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Typhlops lazelli, p. 153).

Description

I. lazelli is characterized by having 18 scale rows around the body. The mental is projecting, and the second and third upper labials overlap the shields above them.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of I. lazelli is forest, at altitudes of {{cvt|100|–|200|m|ft}}.

Reproduction

I. lazelli is oviparous.

References

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{{NRDB species |genus=Indotyphlops |species=lazelli |accessdate=16 June 2020}}

{{cite journal |last1=Wallach |first1=V. |author-link=Van Wallach |last2=Pauwels |first2=Olivier S. G. |author2-link=species:Olivier Sylvain Gérard Pauwels |title=Typhlops lazelli, a new species of Chinese blindsnake from Hong Kong (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) |journal=Breviora |date=2004 |volume=512 |issue=1 |pages=1–21 |doi=10.3099/0006-9698(2004)512[1:TLANSO]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=86212032 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/14790 }}

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