Acutotyphlops banaorum is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). The species is endemic to the Philippines.
Etymology The specific name, banaorum, refers to the Banao, a tribe indigenous to northern Luzon island.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. (Acutotyphlops banaorum, p. 16).
Geographic range Acutotyphlops banaorum is found in the province of Kalinga, which is on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of Acutotyphlops banaorum are forest, shrubland, and grassland.
Behavior Acutotyphlops banaorum is fossorial.
Reproduction Acutotyphlops banaorum is oviparous.
References
Further reading Wallach V, Brown RM, Diesmos AC, Gee GVA (2007). "An Enigmatic New Species of Blind Snake from Luzon Island, Northern Philippines, with a Synopsis of the Genus Acutotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Journal of Herpetology 41 (4); 690–702. (Acutotyphlops banaorum, new species). Weinell JL, Hooper E, Leviton AE, Brown RM (2019). "Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 66 (1): 1–49.