Anilios

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Asiatyphlopinae
Genus: Anilios
Species (48): A. affinis – A. ammodytes – A. aspina – A. australis – A. batillus – A. bicolor – A. bituberculatus – A. broomi – A. centralis – A. chamodracaena – A. diversus – A. endoterus – A. erycinus – A. fossor – A. ganei – A. grypus – A. guentheri – A. hamatus – A. howi – A. insperatus – A. kimberleyensis – A. leptosoma – A. leucoproctus – A. ligatus – A. longissimus – A. margaretae – A. micromma – A. minimus – A. nema – A. nigrescens – A. obtusifrons – A. pilbarensis – A. pinguis – A. proximus – A. robertsi – A. silvia – A. splendidus – A. systenos – A. torresianus – A. tovelli – A. troglodytes – A. unguirostris – A. vagurima – A. waitii – A. wiedii – A. yampiensis – A. yirrikalae – A. zonula

Name

Anilios Gray, 1845: 135

Type species: Anilios australis Gray, 1845, by subsequent designation of Stejneger (1904: 683).

References

Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman: London. xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Marin, J., Donellan, S.C., Hedges, S.B., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Cruaud, C. & Vidal, N. 2013. Tracing the history and biogeography of the Australian blindsnake radiation. Journal of Biogeography 40(5): 928–937. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12045 Reference page.
Marin, J., Donnellan, S.C., Hedges, S.B., Puillandre. N., Aplin, K.P., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Couloux, A., Vidal, N. 2013. Hidden species diversity of Australian burrowing snakes (Ramphotyphlops). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110(2): 427–441. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12132 Reference page.
Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829(1): 1–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1 Reference page.
Shea, G.M. 2015. A new species of Anilios (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from Central Australia. Zootaxa 4033(1): 103–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.5 Reference page.
Venchi, A., Wilson, S.K. & Borsboom, A.C. 2015. A new blind snake (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from an endangered habitat in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 3990(2): 272–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.7 Reference page.
Ellis, R.J. 2016. A New Species of Blindsnake (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae: Anilios) from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. Herpetologica 72(3): 271–278. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-16-00007.1 Reference page.
Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Donnellan, S.C., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2017. Worms in the sand: Systematic revision of the Australian blindsnake Anilios leptosoma (Robb, 1972) species complex (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from the Geraldton Sandplain, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4323(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.1.1 Reference page.
Ellis, R.J. 2019. A typhlopid hotspot in the tropics: increased blindsnake diversity in the Kimberley region of Western Australia with the description of a new Anilios species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 34(1): 31–37. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.34(1).2019.031-037 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Anilios . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Australian Blind Snakes