Oligodon meyerinkii ( Steindachner, 1891 )

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Oxford, England) 64 (14), pp. 399-568 : 441

Oligodon meyerinkii ( Steindachner, 1891)

Sulu Kukri Snake; Sulu Short-headed Snake

Simotes meyerinkii Steindachner, 1891:294 .

Holarchus meyerinkii, Taylor, 1922a:139 , pl. 17, figs. 6–7; 1922c:197.

Oligodon meyerinkii, Leviton, 1963a:471 .— Gaulke, 1993b:3–6, figs.1–3 ; 1994b:140; 1996:50, fig. 4.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:490.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Sulu-Inseln (= Jolo Id. [ Sulu Archipelago ]), Philippines. Syntypes (2): NMW 25828 a–b.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION ( Map 27D [p. 138]).— Sulu Archipelago (Bongao, Jolo, Papahag [also as Papahang], Sibutu, Tawi-Tawi).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— northern Borneo (without exact locality).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Endangered B2ab(iii) [2016] ver. 3.1.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Acutotyphlops banaorum (Kalinga Prov., Luzon Id.) (FMNH 262249 [paratype]). Photo © RMB.

FIGURE 2. Indotyphlops braminus (Ilocos Norte Prov., Luzon Id.) (KU 329680). Photo © RMB.