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Ramphotyphlops mansuetus (BARBOUR, 1921)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Small-headed Blind Snake 
SynonymTyphlops cumingii mansuetus BARBOUR 1921: 108
Typhlops cumingii mansuetus — TANNER 1948: 17
Ramphotyphlops mansuetus — WALLACH 2003
Ramphotyphlops mansuetus — HEDGES et al. 2014
Ramphotyphlops mansuetus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 629 
DistributionBritish Solomon Islands (see comment)

Type locality: Keri Keri, San Cristóbal, Solomon Islands.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ R-14270 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
Commentonly 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. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin mansuetus = tame, gentle, apparently as a reference to Miss Joan Procter who made drawings of R. cumingii and sent them to Barbour for comparisons. 
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.
 
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