Indotyphlops

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: Indotyphlops
Species (22): I. ahsanai – I. albiceps – I. braminus – I. exiguus – I. filiformis – I. fletcheri – I. jerdoni – I. lankaensis – I. lazelli – I. leucomelas – I. longissimus – I. loveridgei – I. madgemintonae – I. malcolmi – I. meszoelyi – I. pammeces – I. porrectus – I. schmutzi – I. tenebrarum – I. tenuicollis – I. veddae – I. violaceus
Name

Indotyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 37

Type species: Typhlops pammeces Günther, 1864, by original designation.

References
Primary references

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.

Additional references

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.

Indotyphlops is a genus of snakes of the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to Asia.
Species

The genus Indotyphlops contains the following 23 species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

Indotyphlops ahsanai (Khan, 1999)
Indotyphlops albiceps (Boulenger, 1898) - white-headed blind snake
Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) - flowerpot snake, Brahminy blindsnake, bootlace snake
Indotyphlops exiguus (Jan, 1864) - Belgaum worm snake
Indotyphlops filiformis (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844) - file worm snake
Indotyphlops fletcheri (Wall, 1919)
Indotyphlops jerdoni (Boulenger, 1890) - Jerdon's worm snake
Indotyphlops lankaensis (Taylor, 1947) - Sri Lanka worm snake
Indotyphlops lazelli (Wallach & Pauwels, 2004)
Indotyphlops leucomelas (Boulenger, 1890) - pied worm snake
Indotyphlops longissimus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844) - long worm snake
Indotyphlops loveridgei (Constable, 1949) - Loveridge's worm snake
Indotyphlops madgemintonae (Khan, 1999)
Indotyphlops malcolmi (Taylor, 1947) - Malcolm's worm snake
Indotyphlops meszoelyi (Wallach, 1999) - Darjeeling worm snake
Indotyphlops mollyozakiae (Wallach, 2020) - Molly Ozaki’s blind snake
Indotyphlops pammeces (Günther, 1864) - South India worm snake
Indotyphlops porrectus (Stoliczka, 1871) - slender worm snake
Indotyphlops schmutzi (Auffenberg, 1980) - Schmutz's worm snake
Indotyphlops tenebrarum (Taylor, 1947)
Indotyphlops tenuicollis (W. Peters, 1864) - Samagutin worm snake
Indotyphlops veddae (Taylor, 1947) - Vedda worm snake
Indotyphlops violaceus (Taylor, 1947) - violet worm Snake

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

Genus Indotyphlops at The Reptile Database

Further reading

Hedges, S. Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1-61. (Indotyphlops, new genus, pp. 37–38).