Anilios grypus

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: Anilios grypus

Name

Anilios grypus (Waite, 1918)

• Holotype: NMV D12351 (old no. R7102), collector and date unknown.
• Type locality: not stated, unknown.
• Paratypes (n=3): NMV D12358 (old no. R7200), from “Marble Bar, North-Western Australia”, QM J2947, from “Gregory Downs, Queensland”, and SAM R849, unknown locality.

Combinations

• Typhlops grypus Waite, 1918: 17 [original combination]
• Ramphotyphlos grypus — Robb, 1966: 678 [subsequent combination, by implication]
• Austrotyphlops grypus — Wallach, 2006: 13 [subsequent combination]
• Anilios grypus — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 33 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Waite, E.R. 1918. Review of the Australian blind snakes. Records of the South Australian Museum 1(1): 1–34. BHL 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Anilios grypus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 August 2022.
• Shea, G. & Ellis, R. 2017. IUCN: Anilios grypus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102839106A102839119. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102839106A102839119.en. Accessed on 02 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Long-beaked Blind Snake