Gerrhopilus hedraeus (Savage, 1950)

Negros Island Blind Snake

Typhlops hedraeus Savage, 1950:49, fig. 1.— Wynn and Leviton, 1993:44.— Wallach, 1993:271.— McDiarmid, Campbell, and Touré, 1999:104.— Siler, Swab, Oliveros, Diesmos, Averia, Alcala, and Brown, 2012:457.

Gerrhopilus hedraeus, Vidal, Marin, Morini, Donnellan, Branch, Thomas, Vences, Wynn, Cruaud, and Hedges, 2010:3 .— Pyron and Wallach, 2014:43.— Supsup, Puna, Asis, Redoblado, Panaguinit, Guinto, Rico, Diesmos, Brown, and Mallari, 2016:170.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— At about 1500 feet above Luzuriaga, 6 mi SW of Dumaguete, Oriental Negros Prov., Negros Id., Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU (Rept.) 12346.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 14D [p. 125]).— Bohol, Cebu, Marinduque, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, Pacijan, Tablas.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Data Deficient [2016] ver. 3.1.