Indotyphlops albiceps (Boulenger, 1898)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 240-241

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7960405

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scientific name

Indotyphlops albiceps (Boulenger, 1898)
status

 

Indotyphlops albiceps (Boulenger, 1898) View in CoL — Erroneous.

White-headed Blind Snake

( Figure 27A View FIGURE 27 )

Singapore records.

Ramphotyphlops albiceps View in CoL —Zhao & Adler, 1993: 218.— Das, 2012a: 136.—Wallach et al., 2014: 626.

Remarks. Zhao & Adler (1993) listed Singapore as part of the distribution for I. albiceps , but do not provide where they obtain the record from. Wallach & Pauwels (2004) stated that this record may have been based on Grandison (1978) who did not specifically list Singapore as a locality for I. albiceps , but included it in her checklist of snakes of Peninsular Malaysia. Nevertheless, Wallach et al. (2014) also added Singapore in their distribution for I. albiceps , perhaps based on specimen BMNH 1983.958–960 which was collected by Barnett at Royal Airforce Station Seletar. As far as we are aware, BMNH 1983.958–960 has not been examined nor is it represented in any publications, and we were unable to inspect the specimen to verify its identity. Given that I. albiceps ranges from southern Myanmar east to Thailand and Hong Kong, and south to Peninsular Malaysia, that it is an extremely rare species (Wallach et al. 2014), and is only known from one specimen in Singapore, we consider its status in Singapore as uncertain.

Occurrence: No credible records.

Singapore conservation status. Not Evaluated.

Conservation priority. Immediate priority, if discovered.

IUCN conservation status. Least Concern [2018].

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. RAF Seletar [= Seletar Air Base]: BMNH 1983.958–960 (no date).

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Typhlopidae

Genus

Indotyphlops

Loc

Indotyphlops albiceps (Boulenger, 1898)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Ramphotyphlops albiceps

Das, I. 2012: 136
2012
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