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Species of Thailand

White-headed blind snake

Indotyphlops albiceps, George Albert Boulenger, 1898

(In Thai: งูดินหัวขาว, ngu din hua khao)

Ramphotyphlops albiceps is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Typhlopidae
Genus
Indotyphlops
Species
Indotyphlops albiceps

Common names

  • German: Wiesskopf-Wurmschlange
  • English: White-headed blind snake
  • Thai: งูดินหัวขาว, ngu din hua khao

Synonyms

  • Ramphotyphlops albiceps, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (2015)
  • Indotyphlops albiceps, Stephen Blair Hedges et al. (2014)
  • Ramphotyphlops albiceps, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
  • Typhlops albiceps, Larry Lee Grismer et al. (2010)
  • Ramphotyphlops albiceps, Roy W. McDiarmid, Jonathan A. Campbell & T'Shaka A. Touré (1999)
  • Ramphotyphlops albiceps, Alice Georgie Cruickshank Grandison (1978)
  • Typhlops albiceps, Michael Wilmer Forbes Tweedie (1954)
  • Typhlops albiceps, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
  • Typhlops malaisei, Carl Hialmar Rendahl (1937)
  • Typhlops albiceps, George Albert Boulenger (1898)

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Photos

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Range Map

Distribution map of White-headed blind snake, Indotyphlops albiceps in Thailand
  • Bangkok Province
  • Betong District, Yala
  • Chom Bueng District, Ratchaburi
  • Doi Suthep - Pui National Park
  • Khao Luang National Park
  • Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai
  • Mueang Phichit District, Phichit
  • Namtok Phlio National Park
  • Similan Islands
  • Soi Dao District, Chanthaburi
Range map of Indotyphlops albiceps in Thailand