Pseudorabdion ater (Taylor, 1922b)

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Zamboanga Burrowing Snake

Typhlogeophis ater Taylor, 1922b:202, pl. 7, figs. 6–7.

Pseudorabdion ater, Leviton and Brown (WC), 1959:486 .— Alcala, 1986:156.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:595.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— “ Pasananka” [= Pasonanca], Zamboanga del Sur [Zamboanga City] Prov., Mindanao Id., Philippines. Holotype: CAS 62043 (formerly EHT 1103).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 30C [p. 141]).— Mindanao (Prov.: Zamboanga del Sur [Zamboanga City] [Pasonanca]).

REMARKS.— Taylor placed this species in Typhlogeophis without explanation. He apparently did not compare it with specimens of Philippine Pseudorabdion .

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.