Anilios aspina

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 aspina

Name

Anilios aspina (Couper, Covacevich & Wilson, 1998)

• Holotype: QM J51541, donated by Tim Pulsford in 1990.
• Type locality: “Margot Stn, 20 km N Barcaldine (23°27'S, 145°16'E) CQ [=Central Queensland]”, Australia.

Combinations

• Ramphotyphlops aspina Couper, Covacevich & Wilson, 1998: 462 [original combination]
• Austrotyphlops aspina — Wallach, 2006: 13 [subsequent combination]
• Anilios aspinus — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 33 [subsequent combination, invalid gender agreement]
• Anilios aspina — Shea , 2015: 112 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Couper, P.J., Covacevich, J.A. & Wilson, S.K. 1998. Two new species of Ramphotyphlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 459–464. 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Anilios aspina. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 August 2022.
• Shea, G., McDonald, P. & Fenner, A. 2018. IUCN: Anilios aspina  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102837512A102837712. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102837512A102837712.en. Accessed on 01 August 2022.