Anilios splendidus (APLIN, 1998)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Rhamphotyphlops splendidus APLIN 1998 Ramphotyphlops splendidus — COGGER 2000: 769 Austrotyphlops splendidus — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops splendidus — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 420 Anilios splendidus — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops splendidus — COGGER 2014: 810 Anilios splendidus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 41
Distribution	NW Australia (North West Cape) Type locality: Milyering Well, Cape Range National Park, Western Australia, 22°01'S, 113°56'E.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R119900, Western Australian Museum, adult female collected on 3 April 1995 by Tom and Nancy Heger at the Ranger's residence. Heart and liver frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored in -80°C ultrafreeze at the Western Australian Museum.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A moderately elongate and stout-bodied Ramphotyphlops with 20 midbody scale rows, moderate number of vertebral scales (377), rostrum angular in profile and weakly trilobate in dorsal view, nasal cleft intersecting second labial and terminating just forward of the nostrit and grey dorsum clearly demarcated from white venter [from APLIN 1998]. Additional details (534 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Splendidus (Latin): magnificent!
References	Aplin, K. P. 1998. Three new blindsnakes (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from northwestern Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 19 (1): 1-12 - 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 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Typhlopidae/Ramphotyphlops… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/449044357320168/ Google images

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