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Buff-snouted blind snake

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Species of snake

Buff-snouted blind snake
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Anilios
Species: A. margaretae
Binomial name
Anilios margaretae
(Storr, 1981)
Synonyms
  • Ramphotyphlops margaretae
    Storr, 1981
  • Austrotyphlops margaretae
    — Wallach, 2006
  • Anilios margaretae
    — Hedges et al., 2014

The buff-snouted blind snake (Anilios margaretae) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, margaretae, is in honour of Margaret Butler who was the wife of Australian naturalist Harry Butler.

Geographic range

A. margaretae is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.

Reproduction

A. margaretae is oviparous.

References

  1. Shea, G.; Ellis, R. (2017). "Anilios margaretae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102873568A102873611. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102873568A102873611.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Anilios margaretae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell, Touré T (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 margaretae, p. 69).
  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. (Austrotyphlops margaretae, p. 168).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Ramphotyphlops margaretae, p. 806).
  • 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 margaretae, new combination).
  • Storr GM (1981). "The Genus Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 9 (3): 235–271. (Ramphotyphlops margaretae, new species, pp. 259–260, Figure 23).
  • Wallach V (2006). "The Nomenclatural Status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8-24. (Austrotyphlops margaretae, new combination, p. 13).
Taxon identifiers
Ramphotyphlops margaretae


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