Anilios howi (STORR, 1983)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Kimberley deep-soil Blind Snake
Synonym	Ramphotyphlops howi STORR 1983: 315 Ramphotyphlops howi — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 67 Ramphotyphlops howi — COGGER 2000: 593 Austrotyphlops howi — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops howi — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 412 Ramphotyphlops howi — MARIN et al. 2013 Anilios howi — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops howi — COGGER 2014: 803 Anilios howi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 38 Anilios howi — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023 Anilios howi — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 313
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: "Walsh Point, Western Australia [Australia], in 14°34'S, 125°51'E."
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R77226.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A dark, moderately slender blind-snake with rounded snout, 18 midbody scale rows and nasal cleft proceeding from second labial. Most like R. guentheri (Peters) but darker and having fewer ventrals (434 v. 525-580) and a completely divided nasal. Distinguishable from R. micromma Storr by its much larger eye and nasal cleft terminating lower on nasal and thus not visible from above. (Storr 1983) 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 852 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
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Etymology	Named after Dr. R.A. How, head of the Museum's Department of Biological Survey (obviously the Western Australian Museum, but not stated explicitly).
References	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. Storr G M 1983. A new Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 10 (4): 315-317 - get paper here 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/typhlopidae.pdf http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uSpLe3zlSBk/TsLB2i7AoUI/AAAAAAAAUro/Tiu9_Ciwtp4… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Typhlopidae/Ramphotyphlops… Google images

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