Ramphotyphlops suluensis (Taylor, 1918)

Sulu Islands Worm Snake

Typhlops suluensis Taylor, 1918a:257–259, 265; 1922a:61, fig. 3a–c; 1922b:196.

Ramphotyphlops suluensis, Gaulke, 1994b:141; 1995b:45, figs. 1–2; 1996:52, fig. 7.— Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin, and Vidal, 2014:39.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Bubuan Id., Sulu Archipelago, Philippines. Holotype: PNM 2001 (type destroyed during WW II).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 33B [p. 144]).— Basilan, Sulu Archipelago (Bubuan, Sibutu).

REMARKS.— Treated as a synonym of R. olivaceous by McDowell (1974:43) and McDiarmid et al. (1999:71).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Endangered B1ab(iii) [2016] ver. 3.1.