Anilios silvia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida 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 silvia

Name

Anilios silvia (Ingram & Covacevich, 1993)

• Holotype: QM J27387, collected by J. Covacevich and P. Filewood between 3-6 February 1976.
• Type locality: “Seary's Scrub, Cooloola NP (25°58'S, 153°0TE), SEQ [=Southeast Queensland]”, Australia.

Combinations

• Ramphotyphlops silvia Ingram & Covacevich, 1993: 181 [original combination]
• Austrotyphlops silvia — Wallach, 2006: 13 [subsequent combination]
• Anilios silvia — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 33 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Ingram, G.J. & Covacevich, J.A. 1993. Two new species of striped Blind Snakes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 181–184. 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. 2025. Anilios silvia. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 August 2022.
• Shea, G., McDonald, P. & Fenner, A. 2017. IUCN: Anilios silvia  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102874014A102874077. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102874014A102874077.en. Accessed on 02 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Great Sandy Blind Snake