Malayotyphlops castanotus (Wynn and Leviton, 1993)

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Oxford, England) 64 (14), pp. 399-568 : 409

Malayotyphlops castanotus (Wynn and Leviton, 1993)

Brown-bellied Blind Snake; Western Visayan Blind Snake

Typhlops castanotus Wynn and Leviton, 1993:35 , fig. 1.— McDiarmid, Campbell, and Touré, 1999:94.— Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy, 2001:54 [21].— Gaulke, 2011:334–335, figs. 229, 230.

Malayotyphlops castanotus, Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin, and Vidal, 2014:38 .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— 8 km W of Pulupandan, Inampulugan Id. , Guimares Prov., Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU (Rept.) 27940.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) ( Map 24B [p. 135]).— Boracay Id. (Prov.: Aklan) , Inampulugan ( Guimares Prov. ), Negros (Prov.: Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental), Panay (Prov.: Aklan [northern coast], Antique).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— The conservation status of Malayotyphlops castanotus has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List [2016] ver. 3.1, but IUCN notes that it is listed in the Catalogue of Life.