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(Redirected from Ramphotyphlops waitii) Species of snake

Beaked 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. waitii
Binomial name
Anilios waitii
(Boulenger, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops waitii
    Boulenger, 1895
  • Ramphotyphlops waitii
    — Cogger, 1983
  • Austrotyphlops waitii
    — Wallach, 2006
  • Anilios waitii
    — Hedges et al., 2014

The beaked blind snake (Anilios waitii), also known commonly as Waite's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.

Etymology

The specific name, waitii, is in honor of English-born Australian zoologist Edgar Ravenswood Waite.

Geographic range

A. waitii is endemic to Western Australia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. waitii are grassland, shrubland, and savanna.

Reproduction

A. waitii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Shea G, Ellis R (2018). "Anilios waitii " (amended version of 2017 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178581A129368001. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T178581A129368001.en. Downloaded on 06 November 2020.
  2. ^ Species Anilios waitii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, 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).
  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 waitii, p. 278).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1895). "On a new Typhlops previously confounded with Typhlops unguirostris, Peters". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Second Series 9: 718–719. (Typhlops waitii, new species).
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Ramphotyphlops waitii, p. 812).
  • 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 waitii, new combination).
  • Wallach V (2006). "The Nomenclatural Status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8-24. (Austrotyphlops waitii, new combination, p. 13).
  • Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.


Taxon identifiers
Ramphotyphlops waitii


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