Gerrhopilus hedraeus

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Gerrhopilus hedraeus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Gerrhopilus
Species:
G. hedraeus
Binomial name
Gerrhopilus hedraeus
(Savage, 1950)
Synonyms [2]

Typhlops hedraeaSavage, 1950
Typhlops hedraeusMcDiarmid et al., 1999 [3]
Gerrhopilus carolinehoseraeHoser, 2012

Gerrhopilus hedraeus, also known as the Negros Island blind snake or Negros Island worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Gerrhopilidae. [1] [2] It is endemic to the Philippines. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Pitogo, K.; Lagat, R. (2022). "Gerrhopilus hedraeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T169812A183249708. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Gerrhopilus hedraeus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 29 July 2018.
  3. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1