Manila worm snake

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Manila worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Gerrhopilus
Species:
G. manilae
Binomial name
Gerrhopilus manilae
(Taylor, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops manilae
  • Malayotyphlops manilae

The Manila worm snake (Gerrhopilus manilae) is a species of snake in the Gerrhopilidae family.[1][2] It is sometimes placed in the genus Malayotyphlops.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  2. ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  3. ^ Malayotyphlops manilae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.