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237:of nonvenomous blind snakes of the
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435:Southern New Guinea blind snake
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563:Caroline Islands, Micronesia
522:Christmas Island (Australia)
519:Christmas Island blind snake
417:Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
375:Caroline Islands, Micronesia
280:These snakes can be found in
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627:Small-headed blind snake
543:Maluku; New Guinea; Fiji
352:Palau Island blind snake
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970:Lamington National Park
690:Hook-nosed blind snake
438:Tidore, Maluku Islands
268:Description and ecology
816:**) Not including the
736:Manukwari blind snake
498:Melanesia blind snake
777:Salawati blind snake
606:Lorenz's blind snake
477:Cuming's blind snake
393:Arboreal blind snake
459:Sulawesi, Indonesia
456:Conrad's worm snake
818:nominate subspecies
771:(Brongersma, 1934)
414:Beck's blind snake
792:(Boulenger, 1900)
711:Olive blind snake
648:Marx's worm snake
600:(F. Werner, 1909)
534:(W. Peters, 1864)
513:(Boulenger, 1887)
492:(W. Peters, 1880)
387:(W. Peters, 1877)
355:Palau, Micronesia
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570:R. lineatus
508:R. exocoeti
466:R. cumingii
362:R. adocetus
242:Typhlopidae
190:Typhlinalis
109:Typhlopidae
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728:Brongersma
721:R. similis
595:R. lorenzi
588:Singapore
445:R. conradi
293:earthworms
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318:Species
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135:Synonyms
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