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Ramphotyphlops erebus KRAUS, 2023

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymRamphotyphlops erebus KRAUS 2023: 65 
DistributionPapua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province)

Type locality: collected by mine workers and given to F. Kraus at Bomagai Camp, 9.1192° S, 152.7515° E, 91 m a.s.l., Woodlark Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BPBM 39683 (field tag FK 14850), mature female, 17 October 2010.
Paratypes (n= 3): BPBM 39684, collected by F. Kraus at vicinity of upper Milpuai Stream, 9.0746° S, 152.7726° E, 89 m a.s.l., Woodlark Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 19 October 2010; BPBM 39685 collected by F. Kraus along upper Muniai River, 9.1216° S, 152.7486° E, 67 m a.s.l., Woodlark Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 19 October 2010; BPBM 17889, collected by J. Slapcinsky at Guasopa, 9.2233° S, 152.9433° E, 5 m a.s.l., Woodlark Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 22 January 2003. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Latinized name of the Greek primeval god of darkness; it is a noun in apposition. 
References
  • Kraus F. 2023. A new species of Ramphotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Typhlopidae) in the R. flaviventer Group from Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea. JAD 2023; 5 (2) :63-71 - get paper here
 
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