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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Small-headed Blind Snake 
SynonymTyphlops affinis BOULENGER 1889: 363
Typhlops affinis — BOULENGER 1893: 49
Typhlops kenti BOULENGER 1914: 482 (fide MCDOWELL 1974)
Typhlops affinis — WAITE 1918: 22
Typhlops kenti — WAITE 1918: 22
Ramphotyphlops kenti — ROBB 1966: 676
Ramphotyphlops affinis — ROBB 1966: 676
Typhlina affinis — MCDOWELL 1974: 33
Ramphotyphlops affinis — COGGER et al. 1983: 194
Ramphotyphlops affinis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984: 105
Sivadictus affinis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 41
Sivadictus kenti — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 41
Ramphotyphlops affinis — MCDIARMID et al. 1999: 56
Ramphotyphlops affinis — COGGER 2000: 589
Austrotyphlops affinis — WALLACH 2006
Ramphotyphlops affinis — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 406
Ramphotyphlops affinis — MARIN et al. 2013
Libertadictus (Pattersontyphlops) affinis — HOSER 2013: 45
Ramphotyphlops affinis — WILSON & SWAN 2013: 436
Anilios affinis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 36
Anilios affinis — HEDGES et al. 2014
Anilios affinis — PYRON & WALLACH 2014
Ramphotyphlops affinis — COGGER 2014: 794
Anilios affinis — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, Queensland)

Type locality: Queensland.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.10.56 (formerly BMNH 74.4.29.243 fide Wallach et al. 2014), presented R.H. Beddome 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (503 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: Typhlops cumingii mansuetus BARBOUR 1921 has been considered as a synonym of R. affinis but has been revalidated by WALLACH 2003. 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin affinis (related to). The description by Boulenger notes that the species was previously identified as the young of Anilios unguirostris. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Barbour, Thomas 1921. Reptiles and amphibians from the British Solomon Islands. Proc. New England zool. Club 7: 91-112 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1889. Descriptions of new Typhlopidæ in the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 4: 360-363 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, GEORGE A. 1914. Descriptions of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 14 (84): 482-485. - get paper here
  • Cogger H.G., Cameron EE & Cogger HM 1983. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Volume 1: AMPHIBIA AND REPTILIA. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61 - get paper here
  • Hoser, R.T. 2013. The description of new snake subgenera, species and subspecies from Australia (Squamata: Serpentes). Australasian J. Herpetol. 16: 39–52
  • Marin, J., Donnellan, S.C., Hedges, S.B., Puillandre, N., Aplin, K., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Couloux, A. & Vidal, N. 2013. Hidden species diversity of Australian burrowing snakes (Ramphotyphlops). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, doi: 10.1111/bij.12132 - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • McDowell, S. B. 1974. A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with special reference to those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part l. Scolecophidia. Journal of Herpetology 8 (1): 1-57 - get paper here
  • Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001–081 - get paper here
  • Robb,J. 1966. The generic status of Australasian typhlopids (Reptilia: Squamata). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (13) 9: 675-679 - get paper here
  • Shea, G.M. 1999. Waite’s blind snakes (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae): identification of sources and correction of errors. Rec. Austral. Mus. 51 (1): 447-450 - get paper here
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
  • Tiatragul, S., Skeels, A., & Keogh, J. S. 2023. Paleoenvironmental models for Australia and the impact of aridification on blindsnake diversification. Journal of Biogeography, 50, 1899–1913 - get paper here
  • Waite, E. R. 1918. Review of the Australian blind snakes. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 1: 1-34 - get paper here
  • Wallach, V. 2003. Scolecophidia miscellanea. Hamadryad 27 (2): 222-240 - get paper here
  • Wallach, V. 2006. The nomenclatural status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 42 (1): 8-24 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
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