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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species occurs from Myanmar to Peninsular (West) Malaysia, including Pulau Tioman (Smith 1943, Taylor 1965). Smith (1943) also reported a specimen from "French Indo-China" of unknown locality; a record from Chanthaburi Province, Thailand (Taylor 1965) is near the Cambodian border. Zhao and Adler (1993) reported that this species occurs in Singapore, but this was apparently in error and the species has never been confirmed from this island (Wallach and Pauwels 2004). The species is also known to occur in Hong Kong (Lazell and Lu 1990, Wallach and Pauwels 2004). Although Hong Kong lies well outside this snakes core range, its rarity suggests that it may in fact be native to this island (M. Lau pers. comm. October 2011).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Myanmar; Thailand
Present - origin uncertain:
Hong Kong
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Population [top]
Population: The species is rare in Thailand (Taylor 1965) and not easily found. It is known from few specimens in Hong Kong, and is considered to be rare throughout its range (M. Lau pers. comm. October 2011).
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: The species is found in primary and secondary lowland forest in Thailand and Myanmar. In Myanmar it occurs in dry forest (G. Wogan pers. comm. February 2012).In Hong Kong it is known only from low altitude forest. A record from Bangkok (Taylor 1965) suggests that the species can tolerate human-modified habitat. The species is fossorial. It presumably lays eggs.
Systems: Terrestrial
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: There are no reports of this species being utilized.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no apparent threats to this species at present across its range as a whole; however if field studies determine that this snake is an obligate forest-dweller this conclusion may need to be reevaluated. In Hong Kong this snake may be at risk, as the few known records are from lowland forest which has already largely been developed, and remaining lowland forest habitats on this island are under heavy pressure (M. Lau pers. comm. October 2011).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Surveys are needed to determine the habitat requirements and distribution of this species, particularly to determine if it occurs in "French Indo-China" (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) as suggested to by Smith (1943). In Myanmar this species has been recorded in a protected area.
Citation: Wogan, G., Grismer, L. & Chan-Ard, T. 2012. Ramphotyphlops albiceps. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192005A2026806. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192005A2026806.en. Downloaded on 02 December 2016.
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