Indotyphlops meszoelyi was named after American paleontologist Charles A.M. Meszoely (born 1933) of the Center for Vertebrate Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

[3][4] The holotype specimen of I. meszoelyi measures 17.9 centimetres (7.0 in) in total length (including tail), and has a diameter of 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in the middle of its body.

[3] It can be distinguished from other species in the same genus found in that region by the presence of a "deep concavity along the posterior border of the nasal shield".

[2] The holotype specimen of I. meszoelyi was collected in Darjeeling district of the Indian state of West Bengal, at an altitude of 2,285 metres (7,497 ft) above sea level.

[1] The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classified Typhlops meszoelyi as Data Deficient in 2010, based on the fact that the species was only known from the location in which the holotype specimen was collected.