title: Cuming's blind snake
text: # Cuming's blind snake
  
  Cuming's blind snake (Ramphotyphlops cumingii) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, cumingii, is in honor of English conchologist and botanist Hugh Cuming.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  In the Philippines, R. cumingii is found on Bohol, Marinduque, Mindanao, Negros, Panay, and Polillo.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of R. cumingii is forest.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  R. cumingii is oviparous.
  
  