NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Jerdon's Worm Snake
Indotyphlops jerdoni (Boulenger, 1890)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Indotyphlops jerdoni, or Jerdon's worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to India. There are no subspecies which are recognized as being valid.
Wikipedia contributors, Indotyphlops jerdoni; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:22:54.932847+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Indotyphlops jerdoni (Boulenger, 1890)
- Name authority
- (Boulenger, 1890)
- Common name
- Jerdon's Worm Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Typhlopidae
- Genus
- Indotyphlops
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderScolecophidia Cope, 1864
- familyTyphlopidae
- genusIndotyphlops
- speciesIndotyphlops jerdoni (Boulenger, 1890)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Indotyphlops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Indotyphlops ahsanai (Khan, 1999) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-headed Blind SnakeIndotyphlops albiceps (Boulenger, 1898) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indotyphlops lazelli (Wallach & Pauwels, 2004) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malcolm's Worm SnakeIndotyphlops malcolmi (Taylor, 1947) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Schmutz's Worm SnakeIndotyphlops schmutzi (Auffenberg, 1980) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Samagutin Worm SnakeIndotyphlops tenuicollis (Peters, 1864) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vedda Worm SnakeIndotyphlops veddae (Taylor, 1947) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indotyphlops combank Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, de Silva, Tennakoon, Samarakoon & Wickramasinghe, 2023 | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indotyphlops laca O'Shea, Wallach, Hsiao & Kaiser, 2023 | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bootlace SnakeIndotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fletcher's Worm SnakeIndotyphlops fletcheri (Wall, 1919) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sri Lanka Worm SnakeIndotyphlops lankaensis (Taylor, 1947) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Typhlops diversiceps Annandale, 1912 Annandale, 1912 | synonym |
| Typhlops jerdoni Boulenger, 1890 Boulenger, 1890 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Indotyphlops&species=jerdoni Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3PNWD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.