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 Gerrhopilus manilae ( Taylor, 1919 ) Manila Blind Snake Typhlops manilae Taylor, 1919:106 ; 1922a:56 .— McDiarmid, Campbell, and Touré, 1999:110 . Malayotyphlops manilae , Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin, and Vidal, 2014:38 . Gerrhopilus manilae , Pyron and Wallach, 2014:43 . TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN ( S ) .— “ from type, an unnumbered specimen in Santo Tomas Museum, labeled ‘ Filipinas ;’ locality and collector unknown; probably from Luzon .” ( Taylor [1919:105] ). Holotype : STUM unnumbered. PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION ( ENDEMIC ) ( Map 15A [p. 126]).— Luzon. REMARKS .— See remarks in Pyron and Wallach (2014:44) relating to the transfer of Typhlops (also as Malayotyphlops ) manilae to the genus Gerrhopilus . CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN] .— Data Deficient [2016] ver. 3.1 (listed under Typhlops manilae ).