Malayotyphlops ruber (Boettger, 1897)

Samar Blind Snake

Typhlops ruber Boettger, 1897:164 .— Taylor, 1922a:55; 1922d:136.— McDiarmid, Campbell, and Touré, 1999:118.

Malayotyphlops ruber, Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin, and Vidal, 2014:38 .— Wynn, Diesmos, and Brown, 2016:162, figs. 1 [map], 2.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Samar Id., Philippines. Holotype: SMF 16616.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 25C [p. 136]).— Samar.

REMARKS.— See comments under M. luzonensis .

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