Oxyrhabdium leporinum visayanum Leviton, 1957

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Western Visayan Banded Philippine Burrowing Snake

Oxyrhabdium leporinum visayanum Leviton, 1958:299; 1965a:417.— Gaulke, 2011:300–301, figs. 202–203.— Supsup, Puna, Asis, Redoblado, Panaguinit, Guinto, Rico, Diesmos, Brown, and Mallari, 2016:170, fig. 29.

Oxyrhabdium leporinum, Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:506 (part).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Maite River at elev. ~ 915 m, Cuernos de Negros, Negros Oriental Prov., Negros Id., Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 18907.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 29D [p. 140]).— Cebu, Negros (Prov.: Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental), Panay (Prov.: Antique).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— The conservation status of Oxyrhabdium leporinum visayanum has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List [2016] ver. 3.1, but IUCN notes that it is listed in the Catalogue of Life under the species name O. leporinum and under this nomen it is shown as Least Concern (IUCN [2016] ver. 3.1).