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Anilios leucoproctus (BOULENGER, 1889)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: White-tailed blindsnake 
SynonymTyphlops leucoproctus BOULENGER 1889: 361
Typhlops leucoproctus — BOULENGER 1893: 20
Typhlops leucoproctus — DE ROOIJ 1917: 11
Typhlina (?) leucoprocta — MCDOWELL 1974: 29
Ramphotyphlops leucoproctus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 67
Ramphotyphlops leucoproctus — COGGER 2000: 593
Ramphotyphlops leucoproctus — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Anilios leucoproctus — HEDGES et al. 2014
Anilios leucoproctus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 39
Ramphotyphlops leucoproctus — COGGER 2014: 804 
DistributionS Papua New Guinea
Australia (Queensland)

Type locality: Fly River, Western Province (1946.1.11.84), other syntypes from Murray Island, Torres Street, Australia (BMNH 1946.1.10.58-60); Queensland, Australia (1946.1.11.97) [fide O’Shea 1996].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.84, formerly BMNH 85.6.30.19, collected by Rev. S. Macfarlane. Lectotype designation by Wells & Wellington 1985 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (774 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Greek leukos (white) plus proktos (anus), in allusion to the white patch at the vent. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • 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
  • 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.
  • de Rooij, N. DE 1917. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Il. Ophidia. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 334 S. - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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
  • O’Shea,M. 1996. A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea. Independent Publishing, Port Moresby, xii + 239 pp. - 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.
  • Werner, F. 1899. Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Togoland, Kamerun und Deutsch-Neu-Guinea grösstentheils aus dem k. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 49: 132-157 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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