Brown-snouted blind snake

Brown-snouted blind snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Anilios
Species: A. wiedii
Binomial name
Anilios wiedii
(W. Peters, 1867)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops wiedii
    W. Peters, 1867
  • Ramphotyphlops wiedii
    — Robb, 1966
  • Typhlina wiedii
    — McDowell, 1974
  • Ramphotyphlops wiedii
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Austrotyphlops wiedii
    — Wallach, 2006
  • Ramphotyphlops wiedii
    — S. Wilson & Swan, 2010
  • Anilios wiedii
    — Hedges et al., 2014
  • Ramphotyphlops wiedii
    — Cogger, 2014

The brown-snouted blind snake (Anilios wiedii) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, wiedii, is in honor of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.[5]

Geographic range

It is endemic to Australia.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Shea, G., McDonald, P. & Fenner, A. 2018. Anilios wiedii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102874436A102874455. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102874436A102874455.en. Downloaded on 08 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Anilios wiedii ". 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 B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ramphotyphlops wiedii, p. 285).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops wiedii, p. 36).
  • Cogger H (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Ramphotyphlops wiedii, p. 812).
  • Peters W (1867). "Herpetologische Notizen ". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13-37. (Typhlops wiedii, new species, pp. 24–25). (in German).


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