Acutotyphlops banaorum
| Acutotyphlops banaorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Acutotyphlops |
| Species: | A. banaorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Acutotyphlops banaorum Wallach et al., 2007
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Acutotyphlops banaorum is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2] The species is endemic to the Philippines.[3][4]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, banaorum, refers to the Banao, a tribe indigenous to northern Luzon island.[5]
Geographic range[edit]
A. banaorum is found in the province of Kalinga, which is on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.[4]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitats of A. banaorum are forest, shrubland, and grassland.[1]
Behavior[edit]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Brown, R.; Diesmos, A. (2009). "Acutotyphlops banaorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169799A6675382. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169799A6675382.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Acutotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ a b Acutotyphlops banaorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
- ^ 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[edit]
- 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.