Grypotyphlops acutus

Grypotyphlops acutus, also known as the beaked worm snake, beaked blind snake, or beak-nosed worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species endemic to peninsular India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Grypotyphlops acutus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Grypotyphlops Peters, 1881
Species:	G. acutus
Binomial name
Grypotyphlops acutus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
Synonyms
Onychocephalus acutus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1884 Typhlops Russellii Gray, 1845 Onychocephalus westermanni Lütken, 1862 Onychocephalus acutus - Günther, 1864 T[yphlops]. excipiens Jan In Jan & Sordelli, 1865 Onychocephalus malabaricus Beddome In Günther, 1875 Gr[ypotyphlops]. acutus - Peters, 1881 Typhlops acutus - F. Müller, 1885 Typhlops acutus - Boulenger, 1893 Gryptotyphlops acutus - Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops psittacus Werner, 1903 Typhlops acuta - Constable, 1949 Typhlops acutus - Rajendran, 1967 [Typhlina] acutus - Whitaker, 1978 Typhlops acutus - Murthy, 1983 Rhinotyphlops acutus - Wallach, 1994[2] Letheobia acutus (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)[3]

Geographic range

Found in peninsular India south of the Ganges and Rajputana basins. The type locality given is "inconnue" (French for unknown).[2]

References

1. Srinivasulu, B.; Srinivasulu, C.; Vijayakumar, S.P.; Ganesan, S.R. & Madala, M. (2013). "Grypotyphlops acutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172598A1349131. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
3. Grypotyphlops acutus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 February 2020.

Further reading

• Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1844. Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.6. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris.
• Wallach, Van 1994. The status of the Indian endemic Typhlops acutus (Duméril and Bibron) and the identity of Typhlops psittacus Werner (Reptilia, Serpentes, Typhlopidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie. Vol. 64, pp. 209–229.