title: Loyalty Islands blind snake
text: # Loyalty Islands blind snake
  
  The Loyalty Islands blind snake (Ramphotyphlops willeyi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Melanesia.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, willeyi, is in honor of British-Canadian zoologist Arthur Willey.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  R. willeyi is found in the Loyalty Islands on Lifou and Maré, and on the island of New Caledonia.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of R. willeyi is unknown, but the species is known to occur at an elevation of 150 m (490 ft).
  
  ## Description
  
  The holotype of R. willeyi has a total length (including tail) of 19.5 cm (7.7 in). Its length is 32 times its diameter. Its color (in alcohol) is olive-brown dorsally, and yellowish ventrally. There are 22 scale rows around the body.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  R. willeyi is oviparous.
  
  