Anilios margaretae (STORR, 1981)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Buff-snouted Blind Snake
Synonym	Ramphotyphlops margaretae STORR 1981: 259 Ramphotyphlops margaretae — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 69 Ramphotyphlops margaretae — COGGER 2000: 594 Austrotyphlops margaretae — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops margaretae — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 416` Anilios margaretae — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops margaretae — COGGER 2014: 806 Anilios margaretae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 39 Anilios margaretae — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: Lake Throssell, 27° 25’ S, 124° 18’ E, Western Australia
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R15710
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A very slender blind-snake with 18 midbody scale rows and nasal cleft proceeding from second labial; most like R. bituberculatus but body more elongate and snout not so strongly trilobed. Additional details (104 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Margaret Butler, wife of the 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. Eipper, Scott C.; Adam Elliott, & Tyese Eipper 2020. Notes on the discovery of fluorescence in Australian Scolecophidians in the genus Anilios Gray 1845 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Captive & Field Herpetology 4 (2): 27 - 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 McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. Storr G M 1981. The genus Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 9 (3): 235-271 - get paper here 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.
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… Google images

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