Darwin blind snake

Darwin blind snake
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]
  • Typhlops tovelli
    Loveridge, 1945
  • Typhlina tovelli
    — Hahn, 1980
  • Ramphotyphlops tovelli
    — Cogger, 1994
  • Austrotyphlops tovelli
    — Wallach, 2006
  • Anilios tovelli
    — Hedges et al., 2014

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 "Anilios tovelli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. ↑ "Ramphotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. ↑ 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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