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  <dc:contributor>Robert P. Reynolds</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Donald W. Buden</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Marjorie Falanruw</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Brian Lynch</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Addison H. Wynn</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2012</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Two new blind snakes in the genus &lt;i&gt;Ramphotyphlops&lt;/i&gt; are described from Ulithi (&lt;i&gt;R. hatmaliyeb&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;sp. nov.&lt;/b&gt;) and Ant Atoll (&lt;i&gt;R. adocetus&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;sp. nov.&lt;/b&gt;) in the Caroline Islands, the first blind snake species known from Micronesia east of Palau (excluding &lt;i&gt;Ramphotyphlops braminus&lt;/i&gt;). Both species are unusual in being known only from small, low-lying atolls. They can be distinguished from other &lt;i&gt;Ramphotyphlops&lt;/i&gt; by the combination of 22 scale rows over the length of the body; a wedge-shaped snout, without a keratinized keel; and a broad, pyriform (&lt;i&gt;R. adocetus&lt;/i&gt;) or ovate (&lt;i&gt;R. hatmaliyeb&lt;/i&gt;) rostral scale.</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.11646/zootaxa.3172.1.3</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Magnolia Press</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>The unexpected discovery of blind snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Micronesia: Two new species of Ramphotyphlops from the Caroline Islands</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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