Malayotyphlops andyi

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Asiatyphlopinae
Genus: Malayotyphlops
Species: Malayotyphlops andyi

Name

• Malayotyphlops andyi Wynn, Diesmos & Brown, 2016: 164

Holotype: PNM 9779 (formerly KU 328597), adult indet.

Type locality: “Luzon island, Cagayan Province, Municipality of Gattaran, Sierra Madre Mountain Range, Barangay Nassiping, Nassiping Reforestation Project area (18.054N, 121.641E; datum: WGS 84)”.

References

Primary references

• Wynn, A.H., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2016. Two new species of Malayotyphlops from the northern Philippines, with redescriptions of M. luzonensis (Taylor) and M. ruber (Boettger). Journal of Herpetology 50(1): 157–168. DOI: 10.1670/14-104 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Malayotyphlops andyi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 April 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Andy’s Blind Snake