The violet worm snake (Indotyphlops violaceus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[1][2][3]

Violet worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Indotyphlops
Species:
I. violaceus
Binomial name
Indotyphlops violaceus
(Taylor, 1947)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops violaceus

References

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  1. ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  2. ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  3. ^ Indotyphlops violaceus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.