The Vedda worm snake (Indotyphlops veddae), also known commonly as Veddha's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). (Typhlops veddae, p. 123). The species is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Etymology The specific name, veddae, is in honor of the Vedda people, aboriginal inhabitants of Sri Lanka.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Typhlops veddae, p. 273).
Geographic range The type locality of I. veddae is near Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.Taylor EH (1950). "The Snakes of Ceylon". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 33 (14): 519–603. (Typhlops veddae, pp. 527–528).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of I. veddae is forest.
Description I. veddae is uniformly lavender-gray, small, and very slender. The holotype has a total length of , including the tail which is long. The average body width is .Taylor EH (1947).
Reproduction I. veddae is oviparous.
References
Further reading Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. (Indotyphlops veddae, new combination, p. 6). Taylor EH (1947). "Comments on Ceylonese Snakes of the Genus Typhlops with Descriptions of New Species". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 31 (13): 283–298. (Typhlops veddae, new species, pp. 294–295, Figures 3A, 3B).