Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: May 26th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Ramphotyphlops
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Western Pacific Blind Snakes, Long-tailed Blind Snakes, (Australasian Blind Snakes)
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Westpazifische Blindschlangen
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Vestpacifiske Ormeslanger
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Typhlina Wagler [not Typhlina Ehrenberg in Hemprich 1828 (Rotifera)] (type species: Acontias lineatus Reinwardt 1830 [nomen nudum] and Anguis septem-striatus Schneider 1801) [suppressed by ICZN (1982): Opinion 1207; see McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999; Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009) |
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Typhlira Jan 1861 [lapsus for Typhlina] |
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1843 | |
Ramphotyphlops Fitzinger (type species: Typhlops multilineatus Schlegel 1839) |
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1844 | |
Pilidion Dumeril & Bibron [substitute name for Typhlina Wagler 1830, erroneously believed preoccupied by Typhline Wiegmann 1834] |
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1845 | |
Typhlinalis Gray [substitute name for Typhlina Wagler 1830] |
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1864 | |
Typhlina Jan [not Typhlina Ehrenberg in Hemprich 1828 (Rotifera); not Typhlina Wagler 1830 (Serpentes)] (type species: Typhlops lineatus Schlegel 1839) |
Contents:
23 species, of which 19 (82.6%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included
Cathetorhinus melanocephalus, now assigned to the family
Gerrhopilidae.
Distribution:
SE. Asia, Malay Archipelago, W. Pacific Ocean.
Reported from:
Cambodia,
Christmas Island,
Indonesia
(Ambon,
Bacan,
Bangka,
Batanta,
Halmahera,
Java,
Kai Islands,
Kalimantan,
Miang Island,
Madura,
Misool,
Morotai,
Nias,
Obi,
Salawati,
Sangir Islands
[Sangir],
Seram,
Sulawesi,
Sumatra,
Ternate,
Tidore,
Western New Guinea),
Laos,
Malaysia
(Sabah,
Sarawak,
West Malaysia
[incl.
Seribuat Archipelago
(Tioman)]),
Micronesia
(incl.
Pohnpei
[incl.
Ant Atoll],
Yap State
[incl.
Ulithi Atoll]),
Myanmar,
New Caledonia
(incl.
Loyalty Islands),
Palau,
Papua New Guinea
(Bismarck Archipelago
[Admiralty Islands
(Manus),
Duke of York,
New Britain,
New Ireland],
North Solomon Islands
[Bougainville],
Woodlark),
Philippines
(Bohol,
Cebu,
Mindanao,
Negros,
Panay,
Polillo,
Samar,
Sulu Islands
[Basilan,
Bubuan,
Sibutu]),
Solomon Islands
(incl.
Guadalcanal,
Rennell),
Thailand.
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Ramphotyphlops acuticauda
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Palau Blind Snake
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Palau-Blindschlange
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Palau-ormeslange
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Typhlops acuticauda Peters |
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Typhlina acuticauda Hahn 1980 |
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Ramphotyphlops acuticaudus Bauer, Günther & Klipfel 1995 |
Remarks:
Although the grammatical gender of Ramphotyphlops is masculine, the ending of the specific epithet, acuticauda, should not be changed to "-us",
since it is a noun in aposition, not an adjective (see Böhme & Denzer 2019).
Distribution:
Palau.
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Ramphotyphlops adocetus
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Ant Atoll Blind Snake
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Ant-Atoll-Blindschlange
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Ant Atoll-ormeslange
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2012 | |
Ramphotyphlops adocetus Wynn, Reynolds, Buden, Falanruw & Lynch |
Distribution:
Micronesia
(Pohnpei:
Ant Atoll).
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Ramphotyphlops albiceps
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Southeast Asian White-headed Blind Snake
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Südostasiatische Weisskopf-Blindschlange
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Sydøstasiatisk Hvidhovedet Ormeslange
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Typhlops albiceps Boulenger |
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Typhlina albiceps Hahn 1980 |
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Ramphotyphlops albiceps Tweedie 1983 |
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Indotyphlops albiceps Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
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Typhlops malaisei Rendahl (Smith 1943; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
Distribution:
Cambodia,
China
(Hong Kong),
Malaysia
(West Malaysia
[incl.
Seribuat Archipelago
(incl.
Tioman)]),
Laos,
Myanmar,
Thailand.
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Ramphotyphlops angusticeps
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Arboreal Blind Snake
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Baum-Blindschlange
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Klatrende Ormeslange
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Typhlops angusticeps Peters |
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Typhlina angusticeps McDowell 1974 |
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Ramphotyphlops angusticeps McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999 |
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1921 | |
Typhlops olivaceus reduncus Barbour (Hahn 1980) |
Remarks:
Presence of angusticeps in New Caledonia, the type locality, is regarded as an error (McDowell 1974; Bauer & Sadlier 2000).
Distribution:
Solomon Islands
(incl.
Guadalcanal,
Rennell).
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Ramphotyphlops becki
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Guadalcanal Blind Snake, (Beck's Blind Snake)
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Guadalcanal-Blindschlange
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Guadalcanal-ormeslange
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Typhlops becki Tanner |
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Ramphotyphlops becki Shea & Wallach 2000 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of willeyi (e.g., McDowell 1974; Hahn 1980; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999). Revalidated by Shea & Wallach (2000).
Distribution:
Solomon Islands
(Guadalcanal).
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Ramphotyphlops bipartitus
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Tidore Blind Snake
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Tidore-Blindschlange
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Tidore-ormeslange
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Typhlops bipartitus Sauvage |
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Ramphotyphlops bipartitus Pyron & Wallach 2014 |
Remarks:
Not listed by Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal (2014). The Reptile Database tentatively considered it a synonym of
Sundatyphlops polygrammicus, but without references. Validity confirmed by Pyron & Wallach (2014).
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Tidore).
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Ramphotyphlops conradi
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Sulawesi Blind Snake, (Conrad's Blind Snake)
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Sulawesi-Blindschlange
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Sulawesi-ormeslange
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1874 | |
Typhlops conradi Peters |
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Ramphotyphlops conradi Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Sulawesi).
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Ramphotyphlops cumingii
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Cumming's Blind Snake
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Cummings Blindschlange
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Cummings Ormeslange
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1845 | |
Onychophis cumingii Gray |
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Onychocephalus cumingii Boettger 1886 |
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Typhlops cumingii Boulenger 1893 |
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Typhlina cumingii McDowell 1974 |
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Ramphotyphlops cumingii Wynn & Leviton 1993 |
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1919 | |
Typhlops longicauda Taylor (Hahn 1980) |
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Typhlops rugosa Taylor (Hahn 1980) |
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1922 | |
Typhlops dendrophis Taylor (Hahn 1980) |
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1922 | |
Typhlops mindanensis Taylor (Hahn 1980) |
Remarks:
Leviton, Siler, Weinell & Brown (2018) did not include Panay in the distribution of the species.
Distribution:
Philippines
(Bohol,
Cebu,
Mindanao,
Negros,
Panay,
Polillo).
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Ramphotyphlops depressus
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Melanesian Blind Snake, Solomon Islands Round-nosed Blind Snake
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Melanesische Blindschlange
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Melanesisk Ormeslange
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1881 | |
Typhlops depressus Peters |
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Ramphotyphlops depressus Wallach 1996 |
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1887 | |
Typhlops aluensis Boulenger (Wallach 1996) |
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Ramphotyphlops aluensis Robb 1966 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of flaviventer (e.g., McDowell 1974; Hahn 1980). Revalidated by Wallach (1996).
Distribution:
Papua New Guinea
(Bismarck Archipelago
[Admiralty Islands
(Manus),
Duke of York,
New Britain,
New Ireland],
North Solomon Islands
[Bougainville],
Woodlark),
Solomon Islands
(incl.
Guadalcanal).
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Ramphotyphlops exocoeti
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Christmas Island Blind Snake
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Christmas-Island-Blindschlange
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Christmas Island-ormeslange
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Typhlops exocoeti Boulenger |
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Typhlina exocoeti Hahn 1980 |
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Ramphotyphlops exocoeti Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 |
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Typhlops capensis Rendahl (Wallach & Glaw 2009) |
Remarks:
Wallach (2003) discussed the generic allocation of exocoeti.
Distribution:
Christmas Island.
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Ramphotyphlops flaviventer
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Yellow-bellied Blind Snake
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Gelbbauch-Blindschlange
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Gulbuget Ormeslange
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1865 | |
Typhlops flaviventer Peters |
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Typhlina flaviventer McDowell 1974 |
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Ramphotyphlops flaviventer Wallach 1996 |
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1898 | |
Typhlops philococos Werner (Hahn 1980) |
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1933 | |
Typhlops buehleri Hediger (Hahn 1980) |
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Ramphotyphlops buehleri Robb 1966 |
Remarks:
Previously included depressus, similis, and supranasalis (e.g., Hahn 1980).
Wallach (1996) restricted the range of flaviventer to eastern Indonesia (incl. Western New Guinea).
Records from Papua New Guinean islands and Solomon Islands refer to those other species.
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Bacan,
Batanta,
Halmahera,
Misool,
Morotai,
Obi,
Salawati,
Ternate,
Tidore,
Western New Guinea).
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Ramphotyphlops hatmaliyeb
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Ulithi Atoll Blind Snake
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Ulithi-Blindschlange
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Ulithi-ormeslange
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Ramphotyphlops hatmaliyeb Wynn, Reynolds, Buden, Falanruw & Lynch |
Distribution:
Micronesia
(Yap State:
Ulithi Atoll).
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Ramphotyphlops lineatus
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Striped Blind Snake, Lined Blind Snake
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Südostasiatische Gestreifte Blindschlange
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Sydøstasiatisk Stribet Ormeslange
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1839 | |
Typhlops lineatus Schlegel |
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Typhlina lineata Fitzinger 1843 |
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Pilidion lineatum Duméril & Bibron 1844 |
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Typhlinalis lineatum Gray 1845 |
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Ramphotyphlops lineatus Robb 1966 |
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Typhlops lineatus var. sumatranus Werner |
Remarks:
Present in the past, but not confirmed recently from Singapore (Baker & Lim 2008).
Reported from Hong Kong and Indochina by several authors (e.g., Hahn 1980; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999; Iskandar & Colijn 2001), but this has long been shown to be incorrect
(e.g. Pope 1935, Taylor 1965; Bain & Hurley 2011).
Extinct in:
Singapore.
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Bangka,
Java,
Kalimantan,
Madura,
Nias,
Sumatra),
Malaysia
(Sabah,
Sarawak,
West Malaysia),
Thailand,
Singapore.
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Ramphotyphlops lorenzi
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Miang Island Blind Snake, (Lorenz' Blind Snake)
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Miang-Blindschlange
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Miang-ormeslange
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1909 | |
Typhlops lorenzi Werner |
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Ramphotyphlops lorenzi Stuebing 1991 |
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Kalimantan:
Miang Island).
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Ramphotyphlops mansuetus
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Solomon Islands Small-headed Blind Snake
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Salomonen-Kleinkopf-Blindschlange
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Småhovedet Salomon-ormeslange
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1921 | |
Typhlops cumingi mansuetus Barbour |
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Sivadictus mansuetus Wells & Wellington 1985 |
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Ramphotyphlops mansuetus Wallach 2003 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of affinis (e.g., Hahn 1980; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999). Revalidated by Wallach (2003).
Distribution:
Papua New Guinea
(North Solomon Islands
[Bougainville]),
Solomon Islands.
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Ramphotyphlops marxi
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Northwest Samar Blind Snake, (Marx's Blind Snake)
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Nordwestliche Samar-Blindschlange
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Nordvestlig Samar-ormeslange
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Typhlops marxi Wallach |
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Ramphotyphlops marxi Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Distribution:
Philippines
(Samar).
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Ramphotyphlops mollyozakiae
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Sakaerat Blind Snake, (Ozaki's Blind Snake)
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Sakaerat-Blindschlange, (Ozaki's Blindschlange)
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Sakaerat-ormeslange, (Ozakis Ormeslange)
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1999 | |
Typhlops ozakiae Niyomwan [nomen nudum] (syn. Wallach 2020) |
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Ramphotyphlops ozakiae Niyomwan 1999 |
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Indotyphlops ozakiae Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
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Ramphotyphlops mollyozakiae Wallach |
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Indotyphlops mollyozakiae Midtgaard 2020 (www.repfocus.dk) |
Remarks:
This species was known informally for a couple of decades as Ramphotyphlops ozakiae (subsequently as Typhlops ozakiae or Indotyphlops ozakiae), pending a formal desciption
which was never published, however.
Finally, Wallach (2020) described it under the name Ramphotyphlops mollyozakiae.
So far known only from Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Pak Thong Chai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand (Chan-Ard 2012), but the locality plotted in Chan-Ard (2012) is misplaced.
According to Cox, Hoover, Chanhome & Thirakhupt (2012), there is a questionable single specimen from Sumatra, which needs confirmation.
Distribution:
Thailand.
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Ramphotyphlops multilineatus
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Indonesian Hook-nosed Blind Snake
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Indonesische Hakennasen-Blindschlange
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Indonesisk Krognæset Ormeslange
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Typhlops multilineatus Schlegel |
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Rhinotyphlops multilineatus Fitzinger 1843 |
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Onychocephalus multilineatus Duméril & Bibron 1944 |
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Onychophis multicarinatus [lapsus] Gray 1845 |
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Typhlina multilineata McDowell 1974 |
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Ramphotyphlops multilineatus Robb 1966 |
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Kai Islands,
Salawati,
Western New Guinea).
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Ramphotyphlops olivaceus
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Olive Blind Snake, Keel-nosed Blind Snake
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Olivenfarbige Blindschlange
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Olivenfarvet Ormeslange
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1845 | |
Onychophis olivaceus Gray |
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Onychocephalus olivaceus Peters 1861 |
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Typhlops olivaceus Boulenger 1893 |
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Typhlina olivacea McDowell 1974 |
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Ramphotyphlops olivaceus Wynn & Leviton 1993 |
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1921 | |
Typhlops ligorostris Smith & Procter (Hahn 1980) |
Remarks:
Reports from Sulawesi are considered doubtful (Koch 2012).
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Ambon,
Kalimantan,
Misool,
Sangir Islands
[Sangir],
Seram),
Malaysia
(Sarawak),
Philippines
(Samar,
Sulu Islands
[Bubuan]).
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Ramphotyphlops similis
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Twenty-rowed Blind Snake
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Zwanzigstreifen-Blindschlange
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Tyvestribet Ormeslange
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1934 | |
Typhlops similis Brongersma |
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Ramphotyphlops similis Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of flaviventer (e.g., Hahn 1980). Revalidated by Wallach (1996).
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Western New Guinea).
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Ramphotyphlops suluensis
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Sulu Islands Blind Snake
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Sulu-Blindschlange
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Sulu-ormeslange
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1918 | |
Typhlops suluensis Taylor |
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Ramphotyphlops suluensis Gaulke 1995 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of olivaceus (e.g., Hahn 1980). Revalidated by Gaulke (1995, 1996).
Distribution:
Philippines
(Sulu Islands
[Basilan,
Bubuan,
Sibutu]).
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Ramphotyphlops supranasalis
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Salawati Blind Snake
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Salawati-Blindschlange
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Salawati-ormeslange
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1934 | |
Typhlops supranasalis Brongersma |
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Ramphotyphlops supranasalis Wallach 1996 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of flaviventer (e.g., Hahn 1980). Revalidated by Wallach (1996).
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Salawati).
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Ramphotyphlops willeyi
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Loyalty Islands Blind Snake
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Loyalty-Islands-Blindschlange
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Loyalty Islands-ormeslange
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1900 | |
Typhlops willeyi Boulenger |
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Typhlina willeyi McDowell 1974 |
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Ramphotyphlops willeyi Wallach 1995 |
Remarks:
Previously included becki. Records from Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal) (e.g., Hahn 1980) refer to becki (McCoy 2006).
Distribution:
New Caledonia
(Loyalty Islands).
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