Malayotyphlops ruber

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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida 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 ruber

Name

• Malayotyphlops ruber (Boettger, 1897)

Holotype: SMF 7031.

Type locality: “Insel Samar, Philippinen [=Samar Island, Philippines]”.

Combinations

• Typhlops ruber Boettger, 1897: 164 [original combination]
• Malayotyphlops ruber — Hedges et al., 2014: 23, 38 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boettger, O. 1897. Neue Reptilien und Batrachier von den Philippinen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 20: 161–166. BHL
• Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional 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 ruber. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 April 2018.
• Gonzales, J.C., Paguntalan, L., Jakosalem, P.G. & Diesmos, A. 2016. IUCN: Malayotyphlops ruber  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T169883A104851852. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T169883A104851852.en

Vernacular names

English: Red Worm Snake or Samar Blind Snake