. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56 (2007) 121 Taxonomy: De Rooij (1915), de Jong (1928) and Bran- denburg (1983) referred the Talaud population to the Pa- cific monitor lizard, V. indicus. However, due to particu- lar characteristics in color pattern and pholidosis togeth- er with molecular genetic evidence (Ziegler et al. 2007), the Talaud monitor lizards represent a new member of the V. indicus species group (Koch et al. subm.). SERPENTES Typhlopidae Typhlops sp. Mate
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56 (2007) 121 Taxonomy: De Rooij (1915), de Jong (1928) and Bran- denburg (1983) referred the Talaud population to the Pa- cific monitor lizard, V. indicus. However, due to particu- lar characteristics in color pattern and pholidosis togeth- er with molecular genetic evidence (Ziegler et al. 2007), the Talaud monitor lizards represent a new member of the V. indicus species group (Koch et al. subm.). SERPENTES Typhlopidae Typhlops sp. Material examined: MZB Serp. 3227 (AK045). Distribution: First record of a blind snake species for the Talaud Islands. Ecology: Two specimens were found under a coconut shell in a plantation near the coast of which one specimen was preserved. Morphology & Taxonomy: ToL 130 mm; body width mm; 255 ventrals, 13 or 14 subcaudals. The voucher spec- imen resembles the drawing of the holotype of T. hedraeus (CAS-SU 12346) depicted by in den Bosch & Ineich (1994) in having the eye restricted to the ocular scale not reaching the suture to the preocular; a subocu- lar, in contrast to T. ater from Sulawesi, the Moluccas and New Guinea, is absent. However, the voucher differs from T. hedraeus in having two instead of one preocular and the latter is not smaller than the ocular. The upper jaw is not visible laterally. T. hedraeus is found on several Philip- pine Islands including Mindanao, Luzon and Negros, the type locality. Due to differences in morphology, the Ta- laud population may represent a distinct species. Boidae Candoia paulsoni tasmai Smith & Tepedelen in Smith etal. 2001 (Fig. 16) Material examined: MZB Serp. 2949, Niampak, Karake- long Island, 21 March 1999; MZB Serp. 2950, Essang, Karakelong Island, coll. WCS 5 April 1999. Additional material: MCZ 45767 (paratype), Karakelong, coll. Fairchild Garden Expedition 1940; ZMA 16937, Gunung Doeata (= Mt. Duata), Karakel
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