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<strong>Pakistan</strong> J. Zoology, 30(3):213-221, 1998. <strong>Pakistan</strong> Journal <strong>of</strong> Zoology NOTES ON TYPHLOPS DIARDI SCHLEGEL, 1839, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SUBSPECIES (Squamata, Serpentes, Scolecophidia) Muhammad Sharif Khan Herpetological Laboratory, 15/6 Darul Sadar North, Rabwah 35460, <strong>Pakistan</strong> E-mail: khan@kherps.brain.net.pk Ph. No. 04524-212125 Pages: 22; Tables: 2; Figures: 5 Abstract: Recent discovery <strong>of</strong> Diard's blind snake from Azad Kashmir leads to present descripti<strong>on</strong> its new subspecies. Salient tax<strong>on</strong>omic parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> s<strong>of</strong>t anatomy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> new subspecies are described. Observati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> its ecology and zoogeography are recorded. Running title: Diard's blind snake, a new subspecies. Key words: new subspecies; <strong>Typhlops</strong> <strong>diardi</strong> platyventris; descripti<strong>on</strong>; ecology; zoogeography. INTRODUCTION Blind snakes are specialized diminutive burrowing snakes, leading secretive, fossorial subterranean life due to which <strong>the</strong>y are <strong>the</strong> most infrequently encountered snakes in nature. Most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> species are known by a single specimen or fewer specimens, while a series <strong>of</strong> specimens from a particular habitat is rare in museum collecti<strong>on</strong>s throughout <strong>the</strong> world. The biology <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> blind snakes is yet little understood. They are known to feed <strong>on</strong> s<strong>of</strong>t bodied subterranean