| Higher Taxa | Anomochilidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Leonard's Pipe Snake, Leonard's Burrowing Snake
G: Leonards Wühlschlange |
| Synonym | Anomochilus leonardi SMITH 1940
Anomochilus leonardi — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 299
Anomochilus leonardi — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 128
Anomochilus leonardi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 44 |
| Distribution | W Malaysia, Borneo (Sabah)
Type locality: ‘‘Sungei Ngeram, near Merapoh, N. Pahang, Malay Peninsula, at about 800 feet elevation”.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.4, female; paratype: Raffles Museum, female, from KualaTahan; N. Pahang, 750 feet altitude. |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1396 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Anomochilus was previously considered as a member of the family Uropeltidae.
Abundance: A. leonardi is known from only 5 specimens from peninsular Malaysia and one from Malaysian Borneo. |
| Etymology | Named after G. R. Leonard who collected 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
- Cundall, D., Wallach, V. & Rossman, D. A. 1993. The systematic relationships of the snake genus Anomochilus. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 109: 275-299. - get paper here
- Das, Indraneil; Maklarin Lakim, Kelvin K.P. Lim, and Tan Heok Hui 2008. New Species of Anomochilus from Borneo (Squamata: Anomochilidae). Journal of Herpetology 42 (3): 584-591 - get paper here
- Gower, D.J.; Vidal, N.; Spinks, J.N.; and McCarthy, C.J. 2005. The phylogenetic position of Anomochilidae (Reptilia: Serpentes): first evidence from DNA sequences. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 43(4):315-320. - get paper here
- Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. - 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.
- Seung Hoon, Cha 2012. Snake, the world most beautifull curve [in Korean]. Hownext, 304 pp. [ISBN 978-89-965656-7-3] - get paper here
- Smith, M.A. 1940. A new snake of the genus Anomochilus from the Malay Peninsula. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 35: 447-449. - get paper here
- Stuebing R B; Goh R 1993. A new record of Leonard's pipe snake, Anomochilus leonardi Smith (Serpentes: Uropeltidae: Cylindrophinae) from Sabah, northwestern Borneo. Raffles Bull. Zool. 41 (2): 311-314 - get paper here
- Stuebing, R.B., Inger, R.F. & Lardner, B. 2014. A field guide to the snakes of Borneo, second edition. Natural history Publications (Borneo)
- Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
- Yaakob, N. S. 2003. A record of Anomochilus leonardi Smith, 1940 (Anomochilidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Hamadryad 27 (2):285-286 - get paper here
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