Anilios pilbarensis (APLIN & DONNELLAN, 1993)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis APLIN & DONNELLAN 1993: 244 Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 71 Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis — COGGER 2000: 769 Austrotyphlops pilbarensis — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 418 Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis — MARIN et al. 2013 Anilios pilbarensis — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis — COGGER 2014: 808 Anilios pilbarensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 40 Anilios pilbarensis — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023 Anilios pilbarensis — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 326
Distribution	Australia (NW Western Australia) Type locality: "Site WS2, Woodstock Station, Pilbara region III 21°36'42'S 118°57'20'E."
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R90864.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A moderately large, moderately elongate blindsnake with prominent beaked snout, 22 midbody scale rows and nasal cleft intersecting preocular. Distinguishable from other Ramphotyphlops with 22 midbody scale rows as follows: from R. hamatus by more numerous vertebrals (♀> 400 v. < 400; ♂ usually > 380 v. usually < 380), relations of nasal cleft (from second supralabial in R. hamatus) and more anteriorly placed nostril; from R. australis (sensu Storr 1981) by more prominently beaked snout, relations of nasal cleft (from second supralabial in R. australis) and more numerous vertebrals (australis ♀ < 365; ♂< 330); from R. endoterus by longer snout, more elliptical rostral, more anteriorly placed nostril and less numerous vertebrals (endoterus ♀ > 426; ♂> 416). Distinguishable from the superficially similar R. unguirostris in having fewer midbody scale rows (22 v. 24) and in the relations of the nasal cleft (to first supralabial in R. unguirostris). (Aplin & Donnellan 1993) Additional details (1217 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	The species is morphologically most similar to R. hamatus, with which it was previously confused, and to R. endoterus, but differs from these taxa in various meristic and qualitative scalation features. Type species: Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis Aplin & Donnellan 1993 is the type species of the subgenus Adelynhosertyphlops Hoser 2013: 47 (subgenus of Libertadictus Wells & Wellington 1984), both synonyms of Anilios (fide SHEA 2015).
References	Aplin K P. & DONNELLAN S C. 1993. A NEW SPECIES OF BLINDSNAKE (GENUS RAMPHOTYPHLOPS, TYPHLOPIDAE, SQUAMATA) FROM NORTHWESTERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA WITH A REDESCRIPTION OF RAMPHOTYPHLOPS HAMATUS STORR 1981. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 16 (2): 243-256 - 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 T & Eipper S 2024. SNAKES OF AUSTRALIA. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 368 pp. - 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 Marin, J., Donnellan, S.C., Hedges, S.B., Puillandre, N., Aplin, K., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Couloux, A. & Vidal, N. 2013. Hidden species diversity of Australian burrowing snakes (Ramphotyphlops). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, doi: 10.1111/bij.12132 - 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. 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 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 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.
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