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Ramphotyphlops acuticaudus (PETERS, 1878)

IUCN Red List - Ramphotyphlops acuticaudus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Palau Island Blind Snake 
SynonymTyphlops acuticaudus PETERS 1877: 417
Typhlops acuticauda — BOULENGER 1893: 26
Ramphotyphlops acuticaudus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 56
Ramphotyphlops acuticaudus — WYNN et al. 2012
Ramphotyphlops acuticauda — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013
Ramphotyphlops acuticaudus — HEDGES et al. 2014
Ramphotyphlops acuticaudus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 625 
DistributionPalau Islands

Type locality: “Palaos” [= Palau Islands]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 9127 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (760 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
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References
  • Böhme, W. & Denzer, W. 2019. Warum die Endungen adjektivischer Artnamen dem Geschlecht der Gattungsnamen angepasst werden müssen Sauria 41 (1): 55–62 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Crombie, Ronald I. and Gregory K. Pregill 1999. A Checklist of the Herpetofauna of the Palau Islands (Republic of Belau), Oceania. Herpetological Monographs 13: 29-80 - 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
  • Kraus, F. & Fortson IV, B.W. 2024. Some Considerations Regarding Nomenclatural Applications of Noun-based Names in Herpetological Taxonomy. Herpetological Review 55(1): 30–31
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • 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
  • Pyron, R. Alexander; Frank T. Burbrink 2013. Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles. Ecology Letters 17 (1): 13–21 (published online 2013, in print 2014), DOI: 10.1111/ele.12168 - 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.
  • WYNN, ADDISON H.; ROBERT P. REYNOLDS, DONALD W. BUDEN, MARJORIE FALANRUW & BRIAN LYNCH 2012. The unexpected discovery of blind snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Micronesia: two new species of Ramphotyphlops from the Caroline Islands. Zootaxa 3172: 39–54 - get paper here
  • ZUG, G.R. 2013. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 306 pp. - get paper here
 
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