Grypotyphlops acutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Grypotyphlops
Species: Grypotyphlops acutus

Name

Grypotyphlops acutus (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)

Holotype: "collections zoologiques reunies au fort Pitt, a Chatham" [lost fide Hahn (1980: 49)]

Neotype: UF 19902. [designated by Wallach (1994: 214)]

Type locality: “inconnue”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Kanheri Caves at the base of the Kanheri Hills, Kanheri National Park, 5 mi. E Borivli and ca. 20 mi. NNE Bombay, north-central Salsette Island, western Maharashtra State, west-central India, elevation ca. 180m, 19°14'N, 72°51'E”, by Wallach (1994: 214).

Combinations

• Onychocephalus acutus Duméril & Bibron, 1844: 333 [original combination]
• Grypotyphlops acutus — Peters, 1881: 70 [subsequent combination]
• Typhlops acutus — Boulenger, 1890: 241 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Onychocephalus westermanni Lütken, 1863: 306

Holotype: ZMUC R-52183.

Type locality: “India Orientali.”

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1844. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Sixième (In French). Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. XII + 610 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Lütken, C. 1863. Nogle nye Krybdyr og Padder. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn Series 2, 4(20–22): 292–311. BHL Reference page. 
• Peters, W.C.H. 1881. Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft für naturforschende Freunde zu Berlin 1881: 69–72. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp.
• Wallach V. 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 64: 209–229.

Additional 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Grypotyphlops acutus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 December 2017.
• Srinivasulu, B., Srinivasulu, C., Vijayakumar, S.P., Ganesan, S.R. & Madala, M. 2013. IUCN: Grypotyphlops acutus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172598A1349131. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172598A1349131.en

Vernacular names

English: Beaked Worm Snake