Anilios pinguis (WAITE, 1897)
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Anilios pinguis
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| Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Rotund Blind Snake |
| Synonym | Typhlops pinguis WAITE 1897: 25 Typhlops opisthopachys WERNER 1917: 35 Typhlops pinguis — WAITE 1918: 11 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — ROBB 1966: 676 Typhlina pinguis — COGGER 1975 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — STORR 1981: 261 Rhamphotyphlops splendidus APLIN 1998 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 72 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — COGGER 2000: 596 Ramphotyphlops splendidus — COGGER 2000: 769 Austrotyphlops splendidus — WALLACH 2006 Austrotyphlops pinguis — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 418 Ramphotyphlops splendidus — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 420 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — MARIN et al. 2013 Anilios pinguis — HEDGES et al. 2014 Anilios splendidus — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops splendidus — COGGER 2014: 810 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — COGGER 2014: 808 Anilios splendidus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 41 Anilios pinguis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 40 Anilios pinguis — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023 Anilios pinguis — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 327 Anilios splendidus — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 331 |
| Distribution | Australia (South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) Type locality: South Australia splendidus (invalid): NW Australia (North West Cape); Type locality: Milyering Well, Cape Range National Park, Western Australia, 22°01'S, 113°56'E. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: SAMA R803, collector unknown Holotype: WAM R119900, Western Australian Museum, adult female collected on 3 April 1995 by Tom and Nancy Heger at the Ranger's residence. Heart and liver frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored in -80°C ultrafreeze at the Western Australian Museum. [splendidus] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large, very stout, moderately dark blind-snake with 20 midbody scale rows, snout slightly angular in profile and nasal cleft proceeding from second labial (from Storr 1981). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about between half a page and a page) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Tiatragul et al. 2023 synonymized A. splendidus with A. pinguis. Type species: Typhlops pinguis Waite 1897 is the type species of the subgenus Bennetttyphlops Hoser 2013: 47 (subgenus of Libertadictus Wells & Wellington 1984), both synonyms of Anilios (fide SHEA 2015). Distribution: not in NSW (fide Swan et al. 2017, Field Guide NSW). Etymology: Anilios splendidus was named after Latin splendidus = glorious, magnificient, brilliant, shiny etc. NCBI taxonID: 1686794 [splendidus] RDB speciesID: 10633 [splendidus] |
| Etymology | Presumably named after the Latin pinguis (fat), in reference to the body shape of this species. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) |
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