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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Faint-striped Blind Snake, Striate Blind Snake
G: Gestreifte Blindschlange 
SynonymTyphlops broomi BOULENGER 1898: 414
Typhlops broomi — WAITE 1918: 25
Ramphotyphlops broomi — ROBB 1966: 676
Typhlina broomi — MCDOWELL 1974: 31
Ramphotyphlops broomi — COGGER et al. 1983: 196
Ramphotyphlops broomi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984: 105
Sivadictus broomi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 41
Ramphotyphlops broomi — MCDIARMID et al. 1999: 62
Ramphotyphlops broomi — COGGER 2000: 591
Ramphotyphlops tuvalu — GREER 2006 (??)
Austrotyphlops broomi — WALLACH 2006
Ramphotyphlops broomi — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 410
Libertadictus broomi — HOSER 2012: 22
Ramphotyphlops broomi — WILSON & SWAN 2013: 440
Libertadictus (Slopptyphlops) broomi — HOSER 2013: 45
Anilios broomi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 37
Anilios broomi — HEDGES et al. 2014
Anilios broomi — PYRON & WALLACH 2014
Ramphotyphlops broomi — COGGER 2014: 798
Anilios broomi — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023 
DistributionAustralia (NE Queensland, South Australia)

Type locality: Muldiva, Queensland  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.10.64, 64 (formerly BMNH 1898.9.6.2 fide Wallach et al. 2014), collected by R. Broom. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (588 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Robert Broom (1866-1951), a physician, paleontologist, and Professor of Zoology and Geology, Victoria College, Stellenbosch, South Africa (1903-1910), and later Keeper of Vertebrate Palaeontology, South Africa Museum, Cape Town, and on the staff, Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, as an Assistant in Paleontology (1934). 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1898. Description of two new snakes from Queensland. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 2: 414 - 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
  • 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
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  • 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. 1995. The effect of an inadequate key: Ramphotyphlops broomi (Squamata: Typhlopidae) does not occur in New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25 (1): 15-18
  • 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
  • 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
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  • 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]
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  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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