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Acutotyphlops

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Acutotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes found in the Philippines, eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Currently, five species are recognized.^[2] The most recently described species was 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] 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 kunuaensis^T 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).

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]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ ^a ^b ^c "Acutotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
^ Wallach, V.; Brown, Diesmos; Gee (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. doi:10.1670/206-5.1.

Acutotyphlops: Brief Summary

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Acutotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes found in the Philippines, eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Currently, five species are recognized. The most recently described species was in 2007.