Indotyphlops porrectus, the slender worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to South Asia. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. Not further Study available about this species. Because their number is almost non-existent and their picture has not been recorded yet۔
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Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. Precocial species are normall...
A fossorial animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, ...
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starts withIndotyphlops porrectus is small and slender. It may attain a total length (including tail) of 28.5 cm (11.2 in), and a diameter of about 0.5 cm (0.20 in). There are 18 scale rows around the body. It is brown or blackish dorsally, and paler ventrally. The snout, chin, and anal region are whitish.
Indotyphlops porrectus is found in Bangladesh, India, northern Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
The type locality given is "Hurdwár,... Calcutta,... foot of the Parisnáth hill (in Western Bengal),... base of the Rangnu valley below Darjíling,... and south of Agra".
Indotyphlops porrectus is oviparous.
