Anilios leptosoma

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

Anilios leptosoma (Robb, 1972)

Holotype: WAM R29623, adult ♂, collected by Robert B. Humphries on 3 September 1967.
Type locality: “"The Loop" [35 km north-east of Kalbarri (27°33'S; 114°28'E)], lower Murchison River, Western Australia”, Australia.

Ramphotyphlops leptosoma Robb, 1972: 39 [original combination]
Anilios leptosomus — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 33 [subsequent combination, invalid gender agreement]
Anilios leptosoma — Shea , 2015: 112 [subsequent combination]

Robb, J. 1972. A new species of the genus Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 55(2): 39–40. BHL
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.
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.

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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Anilios leptosoma. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 August 2022.
Shea, G. & Ellis, R. 2017. IUCN: Anilios leptosoma (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102872534A102873388. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102872534A102873388.en. Accessed on 01 August 2022.

English: Murchison Blind Snake