Anilios ligatus (PETERS, 1879)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Robust Blind Snake
Synonym	Typhlops ligatus PETERS 1879 Typhlops curtus OGILBY 1892 Typhlops ligatus — BOULENGER 1893: 34 Typhlops ligatus — WAITE 1918: 9 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — ROBB 1966: 676 Typhlina ligata — MCDOWELL 1974: 45 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — STORR 1981: 258 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 68 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — COGGER 2000: 593 Austrotyphlops ligatus — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 414 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — MARIN et al. 2013 Anilios ligatus — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — COGGER 2014: 805 Anilios ligatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 39 Anilios ligatus — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) Type locality: “Port Mackay (N.O. Australien)” [Queensland]
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZMB 6231
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A moderately stout blind-snake with 24 midbody scale rows and nasal cleft proceeding from first labial well on to top of head. Further distinguish- able from R. unguirostris by snout rounded in profile and much narrower rostral (from Storr 1981). Additional details (181 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Type species: Typhlops ligatus PETERS 1879 is the type species of the subgenus Suewitttyphlops Hoser 2013: 43 (subgenus of Libertadictus Wells & Wellington 1984).
Etymology	Presumably named after the Latin ligatus (bound, as in a bandage), possibly referring to the long slender rostral scale. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	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 Vis, Charles Walter de 1905. A new genus of lizard. On Typhlops torresianus. Ann. Queensland Museum (Brisbane) 6: 48 - 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 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. 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 Ogilby, J. D. 1892. On some undescribed reptiles and fishes from Australia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 2: 23-26 - get paper here Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1879. Über neue Amphibien des Kgl. Zoologischen Museums (Euprepes, Acontias, Typhlops, Zamenis, Spilotes, Oedipus). Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1879(August): 773-779 [1880] - get paper here Robb,J. 1966. The generic status of Australasian typhlopids (Reptilia: Squamata). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (13) 9: 675-679 - get paper here Shea, G M 1998. New data on typhlopid type specimens from Queensland in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 (2): 532 - get paper here Shea, G.M. 1999. Waite’s blind snakes (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae): identification of sources and correction of errors. Rec. Austral. Mus. 51 (1): 447-450 - get paper here Storr G M 1981. The genus Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 9 (3): 235-271 - get paper here Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 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 Waite, E. R. 1918. Review of the Australian blind snakes. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 1: 1-34 - 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.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/typhlopidae.pdf http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LZaHLRrb61Y/TsLEEN7uS4I/AAAAAAAAUr4/MAxqL0SllaY… http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/snakes/snakedetail.asp?TaxName… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Typhlopidae/Ramphotyphlops… Google images

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