Gerrhopilus manilae (Taylor, 1919)

Manila Blind Snake

Typhlops manilae Taylor, 1919:106; 1922a:56.— McDiarmid, Campbell, and Touré, 1999:110.

Malayotyphlops manilae, Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin, and Vidal, 2014:38 .

Gerrhopilus manilae, Pyron and Wallach, 2014:43 .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— “ from type, an unnumbered specimen in Santo Tomas Museum, labeled ‘ Filipinas;’ locality and collector unknown; probably from Luzon.” (Taylor [1919:105]). Holotype: STUM unnumbered.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 15A [p. 126]).— Luzon.

REMARKS.— See remarks in Pyron and Wallach (2014:44) relating to the transfer of Typhlops (also as Malayotyphlops) manilae to the genus Gerrhopilus .

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Data Deficient [2016] ver. 3.1 (listed under Typhlops manilae).