Anilios ammodytes (MONTAGUE, 1914)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
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Common Names
Synonym	Typhlops ammodytes MONTAGUE 1914: 642 Typhlops diversus — WAITE 1918: 31 Ramphotyphlops diversus ammodytes — STORR 1981: 243 Ramphotyphlops diversus — COGGER et al. 1983: 196 Ramphotyphlops ammodytes — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984: 105 Libertadictus ammodytes — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 40 Ramphotyphlops diversus — MCDIARMID et al. 1999: 64 Ramphotyphlops diversus ammodytes — COGGER 2000 Ramphotyphlops ammodytes — STORR et al. 2002: 16 Austrotyphlops ammodytes — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops ammodytes — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 406 Libertadictus ammodytes — HOSER 2012: 22 Ramphotyphlops ammodytes — MARIN et al. 2013 Libertadictus (Slopptyphlops) ammodytes — HOSER 2013: 45 Libertadictus (Slopptyphlops) richardwellsi HOSER 2013: 45 Ramphotyphlops ammodytes — WILSON & SWAN 2013: 436 Anilios ammodytes — WALLACH et al. 2014: 36 Anilios ammodytes — HEDGES et al. 2014 Anilios ammodytes — PYRON & WALLACH 2014 Ramphotyphlops ammodytes — COGGER 2014: 795 Anilios ammodytes — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023
Distribution	Western Australia (Pilbara region, Western Australia) Type locality: “Hermite Is., Monte Bello Ils. [= Montebello Islands], W.A.” [= Western Australia]
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.23 (formerly BMNH 1913.10.16.1, Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A small, pale, moderately slender blind-snake with rounded snout, 20 mid-body scale rows and nasal cleft proceeding from preocular and usually dividing nasal scale. Differing from R. d. diuersus mainly by narrower rostral (usually less than 0.4 times as wide as head, v. usually more than 0.4) and nasal cleft extending higher on to top of head (from Storr 1981).
Comment	Type species: Typhlops ammodytes Montague 1914 is the type species of the subgenus Slopptyphlops Hoser 2013: 45 (subgenus of Libertadictus Wells & Wellington 1984), both junior synonyms of Anilios (SHEA 2015).
Etymology	From Greek ammodutēs = sand-dweller (Bodson 2014).
References	Bodson, Liliane 2014. ZOOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, in: CAMPBELL G.L. (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2014, 556-578 - 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. 2012. A review of the extant scolecophidians (“blindsnakes”) including the formal naming and diagnosis of new tribes, genera, subgenera, species and subspecies for divergent taxa. Australasian J. Herpetol. 15: 1–64. - 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. Montague, P.D. 1914. A report on the fauna of the Monte Bello Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1914: 625-652 + plates - 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 Storr G M 1981. The genus Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 9 (3): 235-271 - get paper here Storr, G.M., Smith, L.A. & Johnstone, R.E. 2002. Snakes of Western Australia, Revised edition. Perth: Western Australian Museum, xiii + 309 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. 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. Wells R W; Wellington C R 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1 (3-4): 73-129 [31 Dec 1983 on cover] Wells, R. W. and Wellington, C. R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series (1): 1-61 [sometimes cited as 1983] - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Typhlopidae/Ramphotyphlops… Google images

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