Top End blind snake

The Top End blind snake (Anilios guentheri) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Australia.[2][4]

Top End blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Anilios
Species:
A. guentheri
Binomial name
Anilios guentheri
(W. Peters, 1865)[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops (Onychocephalus) güntheri
    W. Peters, 1865
  • Typhlops guentheri
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Ramphotyphlops guentheri
    — Robb, 1966
  • Typhlina guentheri
    — McDowell, 1974
  • Austrotyphlops guentheri
    — Wallach, 2006
  • Anilios guentheri
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Etymology

The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.[5]

Geographic range

In Australia, A. guentheri is found in the state of Western Australia and in Northern Territory.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. guentheri is grassland.[1]

Description

A. guentheri is small and very slender. Its snout is rounded, not beaked. It has 18 rows of scales at midbody. Its head and body are pale reddish brown, and its tail is blackish.[2]

Reproduction

A. guentheri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Shea, G.; Ellis, R. (2017). "Anilios guentheri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102839125A102839150. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102839125A102839150.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Species Anilios guentheri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. "Ramphotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ramphotyphlops guentheri, pp. 110-111).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops guentheri, new combination, p. 20).
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Ramphotyphlops guentheri, p. 802).
  • Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Anilios guentheri, new combination).
  • Peters W (1865). "Einen ferneren Nachtrag zu seiner Abhandlung über Typhlopina". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1865: 259-263 + one unnumbered plate. ["Typhlops (Onycocephalus) Güntheri ", new species, pp. 259–161 + figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c]. (in German).
  • Robb J (1966). "The Generic Status of Australasian Typhlopids (Reptilia: Squamata)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Thirteenth Series 9: 675–679. (Rhamphotyphlops guentheri, new combination, p. 676).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.



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