Argyrophis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Asiatyphlopinae
Genus: Argyrophis
Species (12): A. bothriorhynchus – A. diardii – A. fuscus – A. giadinhensis – A. hypsobothrius – A. klemmeri – A. koshunensis – A. muelleri – A. oatesii – A. roxaneae – A. siamensis – A. trangensis
Name

Argyrophis Gray, 1845: 136

Type species: Argyrophis bicolor Gray, 1845, by subsequent designation by Stejneger (1907: 260).
Synonyms

Asiatyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 35 [synonymised by Pyron & Wallach (2014: 41)]

Type species: Typhlops mulleri Schlegel, 1839, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History):London. xxvii + 322 pp. BHL
Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829(1): 1–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Argyrophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 July 2018.Argyrophis is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Distribution

The 12 species of the genus Argyrophis are found throughout Asia.
Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Argyrophis bothriorhynchus (Günther, 1864)
Argyrophis diardii (Schlegel, 1839)
Argyrophis fuscus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)
Argyrophis giadinhensis (Bourret, 1937)
Argyrophis hypsobothrius (F. Werner, 1917)
Argyrophis klemmeri (Taylor, 1962)
Argyrophis koshunensis (Ōshima, 1916)
Argyrophis muelleri (Schlegel, 1839)
Argyrophis oatesii (Boulenger, 1890)
Argyrophis roxaneae (Wallach, 2001)
Argyrophis siamensis (Günther, 1864)
Argyrophis trangensis (Taylor, 1962)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Argyrophis.
References

Genus Argyrophis at The Reptile Database

Further reading

Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Argyrophis, new genus, p. 136).
Pyron RA, Wallach V (2014). "Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence". Zootaxa 3829: 1-81. (Genus Argyrophis, p. 53).