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Distribution

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Continent: Asia
Distribution: Indonesia (Bunyu = Boenjoe).
Type locality: Palau Bunju, Boenjoe Island, east coast, North Borneo

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Malayotyphlops koekkoeki

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Malayotyphlops koekkoeki, also known commonly as Koekkoek's blind snake or the Boenjoe Island worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[3]^[4]

Etymology

The specific name, koekkoeki, is in honor of Dutch scientific illustrator Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (1873-1944).^[5]

Geographic range

M. koekkoeki is found on the Indonesian island of Bunyu off the northeastern coast of Borneo.^[2]

Reproduction

M. koekkoeki is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ Das, I.; Wallach, V.; Iskandar, D. (2016). "Malayotyphlops koekkoeki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T192061A104850668. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T192061A104850668.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Malayotyphlops koekkoeki ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
^ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 106).
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 144).

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Malayotyphlops koekkoeki: Brief Summary