Malayotyphlops luzonensis ( Taylor, 1919 )

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 : 410

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12692574

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scientific name

Malayotyphlops luzonensis ( Taylor, 1919 )
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Malayotyphlops luzonensis ( Taylor, 1919) View in CoL

Luzon Worm Snake; Luzon Blind Snake

Typhlops luzonensis Taylor, 1919:105 View in CoL ; 1922a:52; 1922d:136.— McDiarmid, Campbell, and Touré, 1999:109.— Bucol, Alcala, Averia, Alcala, and Alcala, 2011:112.— Oliveros, Ota, Crombie, and Brown, 2011:16.

Typhlops lozonensis [sic], Brown, McGuire, Ferner, Icarangal Jr., and Kennedy, 2000:190.

Malayotyphlops luzonensis, Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin, and Vidal, 2014:38 .— Wynn, Diesmos, and Brown, 2016:161, figs. 1 [map], 3.— Supsup, Puna, Asis, Redoblado, Panaguinit, Guinto, Rico, Diesmos, Brown, and Mallari, 2016:170.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Mt. Makiling , Laguna Prov., Luzon Id., Philippines. Holotype: CM 2653 .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) ( Map 25B [p. 136]).— Babuyan Claro, Camiguin Norte, Cebu, Luzon (Prov.: Aurora, Laguna), Marinduque, Masbate, Negros (Prov.: Negros Occidental), Pacijan, Poro, Semirara , Siquijor.

REMARKS.— See discussion in Supsup et al. (2016:170) relating to the identity of Malayotyphlops populations inhabiting the Visayan Island complexes and Luzon (including M. luzonensis , M. ruber , and M. hypogius ), also comments by Sanguila et al. (2016:107) regarding specimens of Malayotyphlops sp. (cf. “ luzonensis ”) from the Mindanao faunal region.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Data Deficient [2016] ver. 3.1.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Repitilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Typhlopidae

Genus

Malayotyphlops

Loc

Malayotyphlops luzonensis ( Taylor, 1919 )

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

Typhlops luzonensis

MCDIARMID, ROY & A. CAMPBELL & AND T'SHAKA & A. TOURE 1999: 109
TAYLOR, EDWARD 1922: 52
TAYLOR, EDWARD 1922: 136
TAYLOR, EDWARD 1919: 105
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