Darwin blind snake
Darwin blind snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Anilios |
Species: | A. tovelli |
Binomial name | |
Anilios tovelli (Loveridge, 1945) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
The Darwin blind snake (Anilios tovelli) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology
The specific name, tovelli, is in honor of G. T. R. Tovell who collected the holotype while serving as a gunner in the Australian armed forces during World War II.[5]
Geographic range
In Australia, R. tovelli is found in the Northern Territory.[2]
References
- ↑ Shea, G., McDonald, P. & Fenner, A. 2018. Anilios tovelli. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102874161A102874200. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102874161A102874200.en. Downloaded on 08 August 2018.
- 1 2 "Anilios tovelli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ "Ramphotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ramphotyphlops tovelli, p. 267).
Further reading
- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Anilios tovelli, new combination).
- Loveridge A (1945). "A New Blind Snake (Typhlops tovelli ) from Darwin, Australia". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 58: 111-112. (Typhlops tovelli, new species).
- Wallach V (2006). "The nomenclatural status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 42 (1): 8-24. (Austrotyphlops tovelli, new combination).
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