NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Small-headed Blind Snake
Ramphotyphlops mansuetus (Barbour, 1921)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Ramphotyphlops mansuetus, also known as the small-headed blind snake, is a species of blind snake that is native to the Solomon Islands archipelago. The specific epithet mansuetus is Latin for “tame”.
Wikipedia contributors, Ramphotyphlops mansuetus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:56:02.634166+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ramphotyphlops mansuetus (Barbour, 1921)
- Name authority
- (Barbour, 1921)
- Common name
- Small-headed Blind Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Typhlopidae
- Genus
- Ramphotyphlops
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderScolecophidia Cope, 1864
- familyTyphlopidae
- genusRamphotyphlops
- speciesRamphotyphlops mansuetus (Barbour, 1921)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ramphotyphlops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ramphotyphlops adocetus Wynn, Reynolds, Buden, Falanruw & Lynch, 2012 | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arboreal Blind SnakeRamphotyphlops angusticeps (Peters, 1878) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beck’s Blind SnakeRamphotyphlops becki (Tanner, 1948) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern New Guinea blindsnakeRamphotyphlops bipartitus (Sauvage, 1879) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Conrad's Worm SnakeRamphotyphlops conradi (Peters, 1874) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cuming's Blind SnakeRamphotyphlops cumingii (Gray, 1845) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ramphotyphlops depressus Peters, 1880 | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped Blind SnakeRamphotyphlops lineatus (Schlegel, 1839) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marx's Worm SnakeRamphotyphlops marxi (Wallach, 1993) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hook-nosed blindsnakeRamphotyphlops multilineatus (Schlegel, 1839) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ramphotyphlops similis (Brongersma, 1934) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ramphotyphlops supranasalis (Brongersma, 1934) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Typhlops cumingii mansuetus Barbour, 1921 Barbour, 1921 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ramphotyphlops&species=mansuetus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4RCH4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.