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Anilios pilbarensis (APLIN, 1993)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymRamphotyphlops pilbarensis APLIN & DONNELLAN 1993
Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 71
Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis — COGGER 2000: 769
Austrotyphlops pilbarensis — WALLACH 2006
Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 418
Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis — MARIN et al. 2013
Anilios pilbarensis — HEDGES et al. 2014
Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis — COGGER 2014: 808
Anilios pilbarensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 40
Anilios pilbarensis — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023 
DistributionAustralia (NW Western Australia)

Type locality: "Site WS2, Woodstock Station, Pilbara region III 21°36'42'S 118°57'20'E."  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R90864. 
Diagnosis 
CommentThe species is morphologically most similar to R. hamatus, with which it was previously confused, and to R. endoterus, but differs from these taxa in various meristic and qualitative scalation features.

Type species: Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis Aplin & Donnellan 1993 is the type species of the subgenus Adelynhosertyphlops Hoser 2013: 47 (subgenus of Libertadictus Wells & Wellington 1984), both synonyms of Anilios (fide SHEA 2015). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Aplin K P. & DONNELLAN S C. 1993. A NEW SPECIES OF BLINDSNAKE (GENUS RAMPHOTYPHLOPS, TYPHLOPIDAE, SQUAMATA) FROM NORTHWESTERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA WITH A REDESCRIPTION OF RAMPHOTYPHLOPS HAMATUS STORR 1981. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 16 (2): 243-256 - 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Wallach, V. 2006. The nomenclatural status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 42 (1): 8-24 - 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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