Buff-snouted blind snake

The buff-snouted blind snake (Anilios margaretae) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3][4] The species is endemic to Australia.

Buff-snouted 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. margaretae
Binomial name
Anilios margaretae
(Storr, 1981)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ramphotyphlops margaretae
    Storr, 1981
  • Austrotyphlops margaretae
    — Wallach, 2006
  • Anilios margaretae
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Etymology

The specific name, margaretae, is in honour of Margaret Butler who was the wife of Australian naturalist Harry Butler.[5]

Geographic range

A. margaretae is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.[2]

Reproduction

A. margaretae is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Shea, G.; Ellis, R. (2017). "Anilios margaretae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102873568A102873611. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102873568A102873611.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Anilios margaretae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell, Touré T (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). (Ramphotyphlops margaretae, p. 69).
  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. (Austrotyphlops margaretae, p. 168).

Further reading
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Ramphotyphlops margaretae, p. 806).
  • 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 margaretae, new combination).
  • Storr GM (1981). "The Genus Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 9 (3): 235–271. (Ramphotyphlops margaretae, new species, pp. 259–260, Figure 23).
  • Wallach V (2006). "The Nomenclatural Status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8-24. (Austrotyphlops margaretae, new combination, p. 13).


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