Acutotyphlops

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Asiatyphlopinae
Genus: Acutotyphlops
Species: A. infralabialis - A. kunuaensis - A. solomonis - A. subocularis

Name

Acutotyphlops Wallach, 1995

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Acutotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes found in eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Currently, 4 species are recognized.[2]

Geographic range

Found in eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.[1]

Species

Species[2]	Taxon author[2]	Common name	Geographic range[1]
A. banaorum	Wallach et al., 2007		Kalinga Province of Luzon, the Philippines.
A. infralabialis	(Waite, 1918)		The Solomon Islands: Bougainville, New Georgia, Malaita and Guadalcanal.
A. kunuaensisT	Wallach, 1995		The island of Bougainville (endemic).
A. solomonis	(Parker, 1939)		Eastern Papua New Guinea and on the island of Bougainville.
A. subocularis	(Waite, 1897)		Umboi Island, New Britain, Duke of York Island, New Ireland, the Bismark Archipelago and the Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Malaita, New Georgia and Nggela).

T) Type species.[1]
Taxonomy

In 2007, a new species was described that is found in the Philippines -- more than 4.000 km from the other species of the genus.[3]

References

1. ^ a b c d McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
2. ^ a b c "Acutotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634395. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
3. ^ Wallach, V.; Brown, Diesmos & Gee (2007). "An Enigmatic New Species of Blind Snake from Luzon Island, Northern Philippines, with a Synopsis of the Genus Acutotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Journal of Herpetology 41 (4): 690–702. doi:10.1670/206-5.1