Anilios ganei (APLIN, 1998)
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Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Rhamphotyphlops ganei APLIN 1998 Ramphotyphlops ganei — COGGER 2000: 768 Austrotyphlops ganei — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops ganei — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 412 Ramphotyphlops ganei — MARIN et al. 2013 Anilios ganei — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops ganei — COGGER 2014: 801 Anilios ganei — WALLACH et al. 2014: 38 Anilios ganei — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023 Anilios ganei — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 309 |
Distribution | NW Australia (Pilbara region) Type locality: Cathedral Gorge, 30 km west of Newman, Western Australia, 23°17'30"S, 119°28'E. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: WAM R124835, Western Australian Museum, an adult female collected on 26 5eptember 1995 by Mr Brian Bush. Heart and liver frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored in -80°C ultrafreeze at the Western Australian Museum. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: An elongate, moderately stout Ramphotyphlops with 24 midbody scale rows, a foreshortened head with snout bluntly rounded in lateral profile and from above, moderately high number of vertebral scales (40-448) and nasal cleft vertically dividing the nasal scale, originating from the second labial scale and terminating at the rostral scale on the dorsal surface of the head [APLIN 1998]. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 335 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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Etymology | “Named for Mr Lori Gane, formerly of Pannawonica, schoolteacher, amateur herpetologist and collector of the first known specimen of R. ganei in 1991.” |
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