Anilios chamodracaena (INGRAM & COVACEVICH, 1993)
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Anilios chamodracaena
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| Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Cape York Striped Blind Snake |
| Synonym | Ramphotyphlops chamodracaena INGRAM & COVACEVICH 1993 Ramphotyphlops chamodracaena — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 62 Ramphotyphlops chamodracaena — COGGER 2000: 767 Austrotyphlops chamodracaena — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops chamodracaena — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 410 Anilios chamodracaena — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops chamodracaena — COGGER 2014: 799 Anilios chamodracaena — WALLACH et al. 2014: 37 |
| Distribution | Australia (N Queensland) Type locality: "N Camp 'Beagle', ca. 40 km N Aurukun (13° 05' S, 141° 59' E), Cape York Peninsula." |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: QM J40233, collected G. Ingram & P. Webber, 18.iii.1982; Paratypes: (n=7) J31963 Weipa, Andoom Mine; J41550 Weipa; R91631 Rocky Pt, Weipa; R93164 Weipa; J28082 Lockhart R. Settlement; J39673 N Camp ‘Beagle’, 15km from camp on rd to Watson R.; J51980 Inkerman Stn. All localities are on Cape York Peninsula. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small (maximum total length 210), striped Ramphotyphlops with 18 midbody scale rows. The nasal cleft extends diagonally up from the nostril to terminate about halfway between nostril and rostral. (Ingram & Covacevich 1993) |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Chamodracaena (earth snake) was one of the 12 1/2 names of the female demon Gello (in Greek mythology, is a female demon or revenant who threatens the reproductive cycle by causing infertility, miscarriage, and infant mortality.) Its reference to the species is not clear, perhaps the nature of the species being fossorial (adapted for burrowing). |
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