Anilios robertsi (COUPER, COVACEVICH & WILSON, 1998)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Ramphotyphlops robertsi COUPER, COVACEVICH, WILSON 1998 Ramphotyphlops robertsi — COGGER 2000: 769 Austrotyphlops robertsi — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops robertsi — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 420 Anilios robertsi — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops robertsi — COGGER 2014: 810 Anilios robertsi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 41
Distribution	Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Romeo Ck, via Shipton's Flat (15°50'S, 145°14'E) NEQ.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: QM J63736, 10 Feb, 1983.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Ramphotyphlops robertsi sp. nov. is easily distinguished from its congeners by the following characters combined: strongly dichromatic pattern (in alcohol, dorsum purplish brown, venter white); 22 midbody scale rows; 556 ventrals; a bluntly-rounded snout; rostral circular from above; nasal not completely divided by nasal cleft, just visible from above and joining second supralabial below.
Comment	HABITAT. Open forest dominated by Blue Gum, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Brown Bloodwood, E. trachyphloia and Yellow Stringybark, E. acmenoides.
Etymology	ETYMOLOGY. Named for Lewis Roberts, eminent naturalist and Honorary Consultant of the Queensland Museum, collector of the holotype.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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. Couper, P. J., J. A. COVACEVICH & S. K. WILSON 1998. Two new species of Ramphotyphlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42: 459-464 - 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 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.
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/typhlopidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Typhlopidae/Ramphotyphlops… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/550924053798864/ Google images

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