Acutotyphlops banaorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Asiatyphlopinae
Genus: Acutotyphlops
Species: Acutotyphlops banaorum

Name

Acutotyphlops banaorum Wallach, Brown, Diesmos & Gee, 2007: 692

Holotype: PNM 9280 (formerly FMNH 259604), juvenile ♂.

Type locality: “an irrigation ditch in a muddy area of water pools near Barangay Balbalasang, Municipality of Balbalan, Kalinga Province, Luzon Island, The Philippines (17º29'N, 121º03'E), 900 m above sea level.”

References

Primary references

• Wallach, V., Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C. & Gee, G.V.A. 2007 An enigmatic new species of blind snake from Luzon Island, northern Philippines (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 41(4): 690–702. DOI: 10.1670/206-5.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Acutotyphlops banaorum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 April 2018.