Cuming's blind snake

Cuming's blind snake (Ramphotyphlops cumingii) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[3][4] The species is endemic to the Philippines.

Cuming's blind snake
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Ramphotyphlops
Species:	R. cumingii
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops cumingii (Gray, 1845)
Synonyms[2]
Onychophis cumingii Gray, 1845 Onycocephalus cumingii — Boettger, 1886 Typhlops cumingii — Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops rugosa Taylor, 1919 Typhlops longicauda Taylor, 1919 Typhlops dendrophis Taylor, 1922 Typhlops mindanensis Taylor, 1922 Typhlina cumingii — McDowell, 1974 Ramphotyphlops cumingii — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999

Etymology

The specific name, cumingii, is in honor of English conchologist and botanist Hugh Cuming.^[5]

Geographic range

In the Philippines, R. cumingii is found on Bohol, Marinduque, Mindanao, Negros, Panay, and Polillo.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of R. cumingii is forest.^[1]

Reproduction

R. cumingii is oviparous.^[2]