''Indotyphlops exiguus'', the Belgaum worm snake, is a species of
blind snake
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found in
India
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. No
subspecies
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are currently recognized.
Geographic range
Found in southwestern
India
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where it is known only from
Belgaum
Belgaum (Kannada ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma'', ), officially known as Belagavi (also Belgaon), is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located near its northern western border in the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters ...
in the state of
Karnataka
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. The
type locality given is "Indes orientalis"
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References
Further reading
* Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
* Jan G. 1864. Iconogr. gén. Ophid., 1 (3. livr.): 3.
* Werner F. 1921. Synopsis der Schlangenfamilie der Typhlopiden auf Grund des Boulenger'schen Schlangenkatalogs (1893-1896). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 87A: 266-330.
External links
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Indotyphlops
Reptiles described in 1864