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Ramphotyphlops suluensis
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Ramphotyphlops
Species:	R. suluensis
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops suluensis (Taylor, 1918)
Synonyms
Typhlops suluensis Taylor, 1918 Ramphotyphlops suluensis Gaulke, 1995

Ramphotyphlops suluensis, also known as the Sulu Islands worm snake, is a species of blind snake that is endemic to the Philippines. The specific epithet suluensis refers to the type locality.

Behaviour

The species is oviparous.

Distribution and habitat

The type locality is Bubuan Island in the Tapian group of the Sulu Archipelago.

References

1. Kim, P. (2022). "Ramphotyphlops suluensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T169780A186015555. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
2. Taylor, Edward H (1918). "Reptiles of the Sulu Archipelago". Philippine Journal of Science. D. 13 (5): 233–267.
3. ^ Ramphotyphlops suluensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 June 2021.

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• IUCN Red List vulnerable species
• Ramphotyphlops
• Snakes of Asia
• Reptiles of the Philippines
• Endemic fauna of the Philippines
• Fauna of Sulu
• Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor
• Reptiles described in 1918
• Scolecophidia stubs