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Anilios waitii (BOULENGER, 1895)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Beaked Blind Snake 
SynonymTyphlops waitii BOULENGER 1895
Ramphotyphlops waitii — STORR 1981: 265
Ramphotyphlops waitii — COGGER 1983
Ramphotyphlops waitii — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 75
Ramphotyphlops waitii — COGGER 2000: 598
Austrotyphlops waitii — WALLACH 2006
Ramphotyphlops waitii — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 422
Ramphotyphlops waitii — MARIN et al. 2013
Anilios waitii — HEDGES et al. 2014
Ramphotyphlops waitii — COGGER 2014: 812
Anilios waitii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 42
Anilios waitii — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023
Anilios waitii — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 338 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia)

Type locality: “N. W. Australia”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.74, (formerly 69.7.27.3) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large, very slender, strongly beaked blind-snake with 20 midbody scale rows and nasal cleft usually proceeding from second labial. Further distinguishable from R. bituberculatus by more numerous ventrals (more than 500 v. fewer than 500) and snout not strongly trilobed.


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References
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  • Boulenger, G. A. 1895. On a new Typhlops previously confounded with Typhlops unguirostris, Peters. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales (2)9: 718-719 - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
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  • Eipper T & Eipper S 2024. SNAKES OF AUSTRALIA. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 368 pp. - 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
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  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
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  • Tiatragul, Sarin; Alexander Skeels, J Scott Keogh 2024. Morphological evolution and niche conservatism across a continental radiation of Australian blindsnakes. Evolution, 78 (11): 1854–1868, - get paper here
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  • Wallach, V. 2006. The nomenclatural status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 42 (1): 8-24 - get paper here
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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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