Anilios ligatus (PETERS, 1879)
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Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Robust Blind Snake |
Synonym | Typhlops ligatus PETERS 1879 Typhlops curtus OGILBY 1892 Typhlops ligatus — BOULENGER 1893: 34 Typhlops ligatus — WAITE 1918: 9 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — ROBB 1966: 676 Typhlina ligata — MCDOWELL 1974: 45 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — STORR 1981: 258 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 68 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — COGGER 2000: 593 Austrotyphlops ligatus — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 414 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — MARIN et al. 2013 Anilios ligatus — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops ligatus — COGGER 2014: 805 Anilios ligatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 39 Anilios ligatus — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023 Anilios ligatus — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 318 |
Distribution | Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) Type locality: “Port Mackay (N.O. Australien)” [Queensland] |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZMB 6231 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A moderately stout blind-snake with 24 midbody scale rows and nasal cleft proceeding from first labial well on to top of head. Further distinguish- able from R. unguirostris by snout rounded in profile and much narrower rostral (from Storr 1981). |
Comment | Type species: Typhlops ligatus PETERS 1879 is the type species of the subgenus Suewitttyphlops Hoser 2013: 43 (subgenus of Libertadictus Wells & Wellington 1984). |
Etymology | Presumably named after the Latin ligatus (bound, as in a bandage), possibly referring to the long slender rostral scale. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) |
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