Ramphotyphlops suluensis (Taylor, 1918)

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 64 (14), pp. 399-568 : 412

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11512589

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scientific name

Ramphotyphlops suluensis (Taylor, 1918)
status

 

Ramphotyphlops suluensis (Taylor, 1918) View in CoL

Sulu Islands Worm Snake

Typhlops suluensis Taylor, 1918a:257–259 View in CoL , 265; 1922a:61, fig. 3a–c; 1922b:196.

Ramphotyphlops suluensis, Gaulke, 1994b:141 View in CoL ; 1995b:45, figs. 1–2; 1996:52, fig. 7.— Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin, and Vidal, 2014:39.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Bubuan Id., Sulu Archipelago, Philippines. Holotype: PNM 2001 View Materials (type destroyed during WW II).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) ( Map 33B [p. 144]).— Basilan, Sulu Archipelago (Bubuan, Sibutu).

REMARKS.— Treated as a synonym of R. olivaceous by McDowell (1974:43) and McDiarmid et al. (1999:71).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Endangered B1ab(iii) [2016] ver. 3.1.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Typhlopidae

Genus

Ramphotyphlops

Loc

Ramphotyphlops suluensis (Taylor, 1918)

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M. 2018
2018
Loc

Ramphotyphlops suluensis, Gaulke, 1994b:141

GAULKE, MAREN 1995: 45
GAULKE, MAREN 1994: 141
1994
Loc

Typhlops suluensis

TAYLOR, EDWARD 1918: 259
1918
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