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Species of Thailand

Siamese blind snake

Argyrophis siamensis

(Albert Charles Lewis Günther, 1864)

In Thai: งูดินไทย, ngu din Thai

Argyrophis siamensis, also known as the Siamese blind snake or Thailand worm snake, 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
Argyrophis
Species
Argyrophis siamensis

Common names

  • German: Siam-Blindschlange
  • English:
    • Siamese blind snake
    • Thailand worm snake
  • Thai: งูดินไทย, ngu din Thai

Synonyms

  • Typhlops siamensis, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (2015)
  • Argyrophis siamensis, Robert Alexander Pyron & Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach (2014)
  • Asiatyphlops siamensis, Stephen Blair Hedges et al. (2014)
  • Typhlops siamensis, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
  • Typhlops siamensis, Roy W. McDiarmid, Jonathan A. Campbell & T'Shaka A. Touré (1999)
  • Typhlops siamensis, Edward Harrison Taylor (1965)
  • Typhlops siamensis, George Albert Boulenger (1893)
  • Typhlops siamensis, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN3.1)

Data Deficient (IUCN3.1)

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Range Map

Distribution map of Siamese blind snake, Argyrophis siamensis in Thailand
  • Namtok Phlio National Park
Range map of Argyrophis siamensis in Thailand