Malayotyphlops hypogius (Savage, 1950)

Cebu Blind Snake

Typhlops hypogia Savage, 1950:52, fig. 2.— McDiarmid, Campbell, and Touré, 1999:104.— Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy, 2001:54 [21].

Malayotyphlops hypogius, Hedges, Marion, Lipp, and Vidal, 2014:38 .— Supsup, Puna, Asis, Redoblado, Panaguinit, Guinto, Rico, Diesmos, Brown, and Mallari, 2016:170, fig. 36.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Cebu, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU (Rept.) 12347.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 25A [p. 136]).— Cebu, Panay (identification with hesitation by Ferner et al. [2001:54 {21}]).

REMARKS.— See comments under M. luzonensis .

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