Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature Author Leviton, Alan E. Herpetology Division, Institute of Biodiversity Science & Sustainibility, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118 & Research Associate, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. aleviton@calacademy.org Author Siler, Cameron D. Department of Biology and Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, OK 73072 - 7029, USA & Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Rizal Park, Burgos Ave., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines. camsiler@ou.edu Author Weinell, Jeffrey L. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 jweine2@gmail.com Author Brown, Rafe M. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 & Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Rizal Park, Burgos Ave., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines. rafe@ku.edu text Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2018 Oxford, England 2018-03-29 64 14 399 568 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11512589 journal article 299690 10.5281/zenodo.11512589 d7a23684-9222-422b-868a-6c8712a4fd05 0068-547X 11512589 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 .