Acutotyphlops banaorum

Acutotyphlops banaorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
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 Typhlopidae family.[1] It is endemic to the Philippines.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, banaorum, refers to the Banao, a tribe indigenous to northern Luzon island.[3]

References

  1. 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).
  2. "Acutotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. (Acutotyphlops banaorum, p. 16).

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