Acutotyphlops banaorum

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Acutotyphlops banaorum

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Acutotyphlops
Species:
A. banaorum
Binomial name
Acutotyphlops banaorum
Wallach et al., 2007

Acutotyphlops banaorum is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2] The species is endemic to the Philippines.[3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, banaorum, refers to the Banao, a tribe indigenous to northern Luzon island.[5]

Geographic range

A. banaorum is found in the province of Kalinga, which is on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. banaorum are forest, shrubland, and grassland.[1]

Behavior

A. banaorum is fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

A. banaorum is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. ^ . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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  3. ^ "Acutotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. ^ a b Acutotyphlops banaorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
  5. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. (Acutotyphlops banaorum, p. 16).

Further reading

  • Wallach V, Brown RM, Diesmos AC, Gee GVA (2007). "An Enigmatic New Species of Blind Snake from Luzon Island, Northern Philippines, with a Synopsis of the Genus Acutotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Journal of Herpetology 41 (4); 690–702. (Acutotyphlops banaorum, new species).
  • Weinell JL, Hooper E, Leviton AE, Brown RM (2019). "Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 66 (1): 1–49.