Ramphotyphlops mansuetus (BARBOUR, 1921)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Small-headed Blind Snake
Synonym	Typhlops cumingii mansuetus BARBOUR 1921 Ramphotyphlops mansuetus — WALLACH 2003 Ramphotyphlops mansuetus — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops mansuetus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 629
Distribution	British Solomon Islands (see comment) Type locality: Keri Keri, San Cristóbal, Solomon Islands.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ R-14270
Diagnosis
Comment	only known from San Cristobal and Bougainville Is. but could be present on any of the intervening islands such as Choiseul, Santa Isabel, New Geogia of Guadalcanal.
References	Barbour, Thomas 1921. Reptiles and amphibians from the British Solomon Islands. Proc. New England zool. Club 7: 91-112 - get paper here Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61 - get paper here McCoy, M. 2006. Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Pensoft Series Faunistica 57, 212 pp. McCoy, M. 2015. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Michael McCoy, Kuranda - get paper here Tanner, V. M. 1948. Pacific Islands Herpetology No. I. Mariana Islands. Great Basin Naturalist 9 (1-2): 1-20 - get paper here Wallach, V. 2003. Scolecophidia miscellanea. Hamadryad 27 (2): 222-240 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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