Cuming's blind snake (Ramphotyphlops cumingii) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to the Philippines.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
| Species: | R. cumingii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ramphotyphlops cumingii (Gray, 1845)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, cumingii, is in honor of English conchologist and botanist Hugh Cuming.[5]
Geographic range edit
In the Philippines, R. cumingii is found on Bohol, Marinduque, Mindanao, Negros, Panay, and Polillo.[2]
Habitat edit
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Diesmos, A. [in French]; Brown, R. [in French] (2009). "Ramphotyphlops cumingii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169771A6671888. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169771A6671888.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Ramphotyphlops cumingii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Ramphotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ramphotyphlops cumingii, p. 62).
Further reading edit
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidae .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Typhlops cumingii, new combination, p. 51 + Plate III, figures 4a–4c).
- Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Onychophis cumingii, new species, p. 133).
- Weinell JL, Hooper E, Leviton AE, Brown RM (2019). "Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 66 (1): 1–49.