Acutotyphlops | |
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Acutotyphlops solomonis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: |
Acutotyphlops Wallach, 1995 [1] |
Acutotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes found in the Philippines, eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Five species are recognized, [2] the last in 2007.
Found in the Philippines, eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. [1]
Species [2] | Taxon author [2] | Common name | Geographic range [1] |
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Acutotyphlops banaorum | Wallach et al., 2007 | Kalinga Province of Luzon, the Philippines. | |
Acutotyphlops infralabialis | (Waite, 1918) | The Solomon Islands: Bougainville, New Georgia, Malaita and Guadalcanal. | |
Acutotyphlops kunuaensisT | Wallach, 1995 | The island of Bougainville (endemic). | |
Acutotyphlops solomonis | (Parker, 1939) | Eastern Papua New Guinea and on the island of Bougainville. | |
Acutotyphlops subocularis | (Waite, 1897) | Umboi Island, New Britain, Duke of York Island, New Ireland, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Malaita, New Georgia and Nggela). |
T) Type species. [1]
In 2007, a new species was described that is found in the Philippines—more than 4.000 km from the other species of the genus. [3]
Acutotyphlops | |
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Acutotyphlops solomonis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: |
Acutotyphlops Wallach, 1995 [1] |
Acutotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes found in the Philippines, eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Five species are recognized, [2] the last in 2007.
Found in the Philippines, eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. [1]
Species [2] | Taxon author [2] | Common name | Geographic range [1] |
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Acutotyphlops banaorum | Wallach et al., 2007 | Kalinga Province of Luzon, the Philippines. | |
Acutotyphlops infralabialis | (Waite, 1918) | The Solomon Islands: Bougainville, New Georgia, Malaita and Guadalcanal. | |
Acutotyphlops kunuaensisT | Wallach, 1995 | The island of Bougainville (endemic). | |
Acutotyphlops solomonis | (Parker, 1939) | Eastern Papua New Guinea and on the island of Bougainville. | |
Acutotyphlops subocularis | (Waite, 1897) | Umboi Island, New Britain, Duke of York Island, New Ireland, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Malaita, New Georgia and Nggela). |
T) Type species. [1]
In 2007, a new species was described that is found in the Philippines—more than 4.000 km from the other species of the genus. [3]