Gerrhopilus tindalli, commonly named the Nilgiri Hills worm snake or Tindall's worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Gerrhopilidae, native to southern India.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Gerrhopilidae |
| Genus: | Gerrhopilus |
| Species: | G. tindalli
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| Binomial name | |
| Gerrhopilus tindalli (M.A. Smith, 1943)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, tindalli, is in honor of Roger Tindall.[5]
Geographic range
editG. tindalli is found in India in the Nilgiri Hills, Malabar District. The type locality given is "Nilambur, Malabar district" [India].[2]
Habitat
editReproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Ganesan, S.R. (2013). "Gerrhopilus tindalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172595A1348596. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172595A1348596.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ a b Gerrhopilus tindalli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Typhlops tindalli ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops tindalli, p. 266).
Further reading
edit- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Typhlops tindalli, new species, pp. 53–54).
- 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 tindalli, new combination).