Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803)

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, Zootaxa 5202 (1), pp. 1-197 : 124-127

Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803)

Eryx braminus Daudin, 1803c: 279 . Type locality: Vizagapatam (Visakhapatnam), India.

Tortrix russelii Merrem, 1820: 84 . Type locality: “in India orientali”.

Typhlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Fitzinger 1826: 53.

Tortrix braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Schlegel 1839 in 1837–1844: 39.

Argyrophis truncatus Gray, 1845: 138 . Type locality: “ Philippines ”.

Onychocephalus capensis Smith, 1846 in 1838–1849: 111 (unnumbered), pl. 51, fig. 3, pl. 54, figs 9–16. Type locality: “interior of Southern Africa”.

Argyrophis braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Blyth 1856: 712.

Ophthalmidium tenue Hallowell, 1861: 497 . Type locality: “ Hong-Kong , China ”.

Typhlops (Typhlops) inconspicuus Jan, 1863: 11 . Type locality: “ Madagascar ”.

Typhlops (Typhlops) accedens Jan, 1863: 12 . Type locality: unknown; East Indies fide Hahn 1980: 39.

Typhlops (Typhlops) euproctus Boettger, 1882: 479 . Type locality: “Lukubé, insula Nossi-Bé, Madagascariensis” (= Lokobe , Nosy Be Island, W Antsiranana Province, N Madagascar).

Typhlops braminus arenicola Annandale, 1906: 192 . Type locality: not stated; “Rámanád, Tamil Nadu State, southern India ” fide Das & Gayen 2004: 97.

Typhlops limbrickii Annandale, 1906: 193 , pl. 9, figs. 3–3a. Type locality: “ Rámanád , (Tamil Nadu State), southern India.”

Typhlops braminus pallidus Wall, 1909: 609 . Type locality: “ Dibrugarh , south bank of Brahmaputra [River], Upper Assam, India ”.

Glauconia braueri Sternfeld, 1910c: 69 . Type locality: “ Bagamoyo , Deutsch-Ostafrika” (= Tanzania).

Typhlops fletcheri Wall, 1919: 556 , pl. 1 (upper right). Type locality: “ Nilgiri Hills , India ”.

Typhlops khoratensis Taylor, 1962: 248 , fig. 13A. Type locality: “ Muak Lek , Friendship Highway, Sara Buri Province, Thailand ”.

Typhlops pseudosaurus Dryden & Taylor, 1969: 270 . Type locality: “ Harmon Village , Guam, Mariana Islands”.

Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Hedges et al. 2014: 6.

Virgotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Wallach 2020: 10.

Distribution. Likely native of India or Sri Lanka; it is spread on all continents through human introductions. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Annobon at San Antonio outskirts ( Map 36B ).

Comments. Recorded in Annobon by Jesus et al. (2003) at the surroundings of San Antonio, under rocks. It is a species complex ( Sidharthan et al. 2022).

Specimens examined. No specimens of this taxon have been found in the examined collections.

Figures

MAPS 36 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Afrotyphlops congestus; (B) Indotyphlops braminus; (C) Letheobia caeca (question mark represents an imprecise record).