Anilios fossor SHEA, 2015

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Anilios fossor SHEA 2015 Anilios fossor — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 308
Distribution	Australia (S Northern Territory) Type locality: Glen Annie, Ruby Gap Nature Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 23°28'S 134°58'E, elevation ca. 500 m.
Reproduction	oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: NTM R14324 (field tag JCR30), collected 15.x.1989 by J.R. Cole. The coordinates of the type locality are given in the NTM database as 23°28'S 135°00'E. However, from the map provided by the Gibson et al. (1992), the coordinates of Glen Annie are closer to 23°28'S 134°58'E, at an altitude of ca 500 m (from Google Earth).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Anilios fossor is distinguished from all other described species in the genus (sensu Pyron & Wallach 2014) by the combination of 20 midbody scale rows, a rounded snout in lateral profile (lacking any rostroventral angulation), a nasal cleft contacting the second supralabial ventrally, but not extending to the dorsal surface of the head, and a large, round rostral scale. For more detailed comparisons with other species, see Shea 2015.
Comment	Only known from the holotype.
References	Eipper T & Eipper S 2024. SNAKES OF AUSTRALIA. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 368 pp. - get paper here Jolly, C., Schembri, B., & Macdonald, S. 2023. Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne - get paper here Shea, G.M. 2015. A new species of Anilios (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from Central Australia. Zootaxa 4033 (1): 103–116 - get paper here Tiatragul, Sarin; Alexander Skeels, J Scott Keogh 2024. Morphological evolution and niche conservatism across a continental radiation of Australian blindsnakes. Evolution, 78 (11): 1854–1868, - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D3D9BFAA-F967-4342-ABFC… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/250835537141052 Google images

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