Family Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes):
countries and regions with most species

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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Papua New Guinea
 9
No. 2
India
 5
No. 3
New Guinea [Indonesia / Papua New Guinea]
 5
No. 4
Eastern New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]
 4
No. 5
Kerala [India]
 3
No. 6
Tamil Nadu [India]
 3
No. 7
Bismarck Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 8
Indonesia
 2
No. 9
Java [Indonesia]
 2
No. 10
Louisiade Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 11
Luzon [Philippines]
 2
No. 12
Philippines
 2
No. 13
Sri Lanka
 2
No. 14
Ambon [Indonesia]
 1
No. 15
Andaman & Nicobar Islands [India]
 1
No. 16
Andaman Islands [India]
 1
No. 17
Bali [Indonesia]
 1
No. 18
Bohol [Philippines]
 1
No. 19
Cebu [Philippines]
 1
No. 20
Darjeeling [India]
 1
No. 21
Deboyne Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 22
d'Entrecasteaux Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 23
Halmahera [Indonesia]
 1
No. 24
Karimunjawa Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 25
Karnataka [India]
 1
No. 26
Maharashtra [India]
 1
No. 27
Mindanao [Philippines]
 1
No. 28
Mindoro [Philippines]
 1
No. 29
Negros [Philippines]
 1
No. 30
New Britain [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 31
New Ireland [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 32
Normanby [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 33
Panaeati [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 34
Rossel [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 35
Salawati [Indonesia]
 1
No. 36
Sikkim [India]
 1
No. 37
Sulawesi [Indonesia]
 1
No. 38
Tablas [Philippines]
 1
No. 39
Ternate [Indonesia]
 1
No. 40
Thailand
 1
No. 41
Trobriand Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 42
Waigeo [Indonesia]
 1
No. 43
West Bengal [India]
 1
No. 44
Western New Guinea [Indonesia]
 1