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Ramphotyphlops angusticeps (PETERS, 1878)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Arboreal Blind Snake 
SynonymTyphlops (Onychocephalus) angusticeps PETERS 1877: 417
Typhlops olivaceus reduncus BARBOUR 1921
Typhlops olivaceus reduncus — ANNER 1948: 16
Typhlina angusticeps — MCDOWELL 1974: 47
Ramphotyphlops angusticeps — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 57
Ramphotyphlops angusticeps — HEDGES et al. 2014
Ramphotyphlops angusticeps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 626 
DistributionSolomon Islands

Type locality: “Neu-Caledonien”, in error fide ROUX (1913)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 9055
Holotype: MCZ 14269 [reduncus] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1109 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentRamphotyphlops angusticeps has more than 600 vertebrae, perhaps the greatest number of any snake (Greene 1997).

Erroneously reported from New Caledonia fide BAUER & SADLIER 2000. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “angustus, -a, -um” = narrow and the abbreviated term “-ceps” for “caput” = head. 
References
  • Barbour, Thomas 1921. Reptiles and amphibians from the British Solomon Islands. Proc. New England zool. Club 7: 91-112 - get paper here
  • Bauer, Aaron M.;Vindum, Jens V. 1990. A checklist and key to the herpetofauna of New Caledonia, with remarks on biogeography. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 47 (2): 17-45 - 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
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • McDowell, S. B. 1974. A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with special reference to those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part l. Scolecophidia. Journal of Herpetology 8 (1): 1-57 - get paper here
  • Peters, W. 1878. Herpetologische Notizen. II. Bemerkungen über neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1877: 415-423 - 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, 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.
 
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