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Argyrophis  Gray, 1845
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1116040

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Asiatyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin and Vidal, 2014
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbčnes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderScolecophidia Cope, 1864  
                                  FamilyTyphlopidae Merrem, 1820 – Blind Snakes, Typical Blind Snakes, Blindsnakes  
                                     SubfamilyAsiatyphlopinae Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin and Vidal, 2014  
                                        GenusArgyrophis Gray, 1845  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SpeciesArgyrophis bothriorhynchus (Günther, 1864) – Günther's Blind Snake 
                                           SpeciesArgyrophis diardii (Schlegel, 1839) – Diard's Blindsnake 
                                           SpeciesArgyrophis fuscus (A. H. A. Duméril in A. M. C. Duméril and A. H. A. Duméril, 1851) – Brown Worm Snake 
                                           SpeciesArgyrophis giadinhensis (Bourret, 1937) – Vietnam Worm Snake 
                                           SpeciesArgyrophis hypsobothrius (Werner, 1917) – Sumatra Worm Snake 
                                           SpeciesArgyrophis klemmeri (Taylor, 1962) – Klemmer's Blind Snake, Kuala Lumpur Worm Snake 
                                           SpeciesArgyrophis koshunensis (Oshima, 1916) – Koshun Worm Snake 
                                           SpeciesArgyrophis muelleri (Schlegel, 1839) – Müller's Blind Snake 
                                           SpeciesArgyrophis oatesii (Boulenger, 1890) – Andaman Island Worm Snake 
                                           SpeciesArgyrophis roxaneae (Wallach, 2001) – Roxane's Blind Snake 
                                           SpeciesArgyrophis siamensis (Günther, 1864) – Thailand Worm Snake, Siamese Blind Snake 
                                           SpeciesArgyrophis trangensis (Taylor, 1962) – Trang Worm Snake, Trang Blind Snake 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pyron, Robert Alexander, and Van Wallach   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3829, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-81   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1   
  Reference for: Argyrophis   
       

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