Malayotyphlops ruficauda

Malayotyphlops ruficauda, commonly known as brown blind snake or red-headed worm snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3] It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is found on the islands of Luzon, Tablas and Marinduque.[1][4]

Malayotyphlops ruficauda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Malayotyphlops
Species:
M. ruficauda
Binomial name
Malayotyphlops ruficauda
(Gray, 1845)
Synonyms

Anilios ruficauda Gray, 1845
Typhlops jagori Boulenger, 1893
Typhlops petersii Steindacher, 1867
Typhlops ruficauda Boettger, 1886
Typhlops ruficaudus McDiarmid, Campbell, & Toure, 1999
Malayotyphlops ruficaudus Diesmos, 2016

References
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  1. Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R. (2016). Malayotyphlops ruficaudus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T169791A104852083.en
  2. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  3. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  4. Malayotyphlops ruficauda at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
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