The striped blind snake (Ramphotyphlops lineatus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. Once claimed as being extinct, it was rediscovered in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve in Singapore after 172 years. The snake was found dead, and it was 4 cm longer than the previous maximum limit of the snake's length, 48 cm.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Typhlopidae
Genus
Ramphotyphlops
Species
Ramphotyphlops lineatus
Common names
German: Gestreifte Wurmschlange
English:
Striped blind snake
Striped worm snake
Lined blind snake
Thai: งูดินลายขีด, ngu din lai khid
Synonyms
Ramphotyphlops lineatus, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Ramphotyphlops lineatus, Stephen Blair Hedges et al. (2014)
Ramphotyphlops lineatus, Roy W. McDiarmid, Jonathan A. Campbell & T'Shaka A. Touré (1999)
Ramphotyphlops lineatus, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Typhlina lineata, Samuel Booker McDowell (1974)
Ramphotyphlops lineatus, Joan Robb (1966)
Typhlops lineatus, Nelly de Rooij (1917)
Typhlops lineatus var. numatrana, George Albert Boulenger (1896)
Typhlops lineatus var. numatrana (error typographicus), George Albert Boulenger (1896)
Typhlops lineatus var. sumatranus, Franz Werner (1896)
Typhlops lineatus, George Albert Boulenger (1893)
Typhlina lineata, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)
Typhlops (Typhlina) lineatus, Giorgio Jan (1863)
Typhlinahs lineatum, John Edward Gray (1845)
Pilidion lineatum, André Marie Constant Duméril & Gabriel Bibron (1844)
Typhlops lineatus, Hermann Schlegel (1839)
Typhlops lineatus Acontias (nomen nudum), John Edward Gray in Edward Griffith (1831)
Acontias lineatus, Johann Georg Wagler (1830)
Acontias lineatus (nomen nudum), Johann Georg Wagler (1830)
Typhlops lineata, Friedrich Boie (1827)
Typhlops lineata (nomen nudum), Friedrich Boie (1827)
Typhlops lineatus, Leopold Fitzinger (1826)
Typhlops lineatus (nomen nudum), Leopold Fitzinger (1826)
