Anilios micromma (STORR, 1981)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Small-eyed Blind Snake
Synonym	Ramphotyphlops micrommus STORR 1981 Ramphotyphlops micromma — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 69 Ramphotyphlops micromma — COGGER 2000: 594 Austrotyphlops micrommus — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops micromma — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 416 Anilios micrommus — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops micromma — COGGER 2014: 806 Anilios micrommus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 39
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: Leopold Downs, 17° 52’ S, 125° 26’ E, Western Australia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R1341
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A slender, short-snouted blind-snake with very small eyes, 18 midbody scale rows and nasal cleft proceeding from second labial and completely dividing nasal scale. Further distinguishable from guentheri and grypus by non-black tail and less numerous ventrals (fewer than 500 v. more than 500).
Comment
Etymology	Greek for 'small eye', a name in apposition.
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. 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 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 1981. The genus Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 9 (3): 235-271 - 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 http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/typhlopidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Typhlopidae/Ramphotyphlops… http://www.seh-herpetology.org/images/atlas/pdf/squamata/animic.pdf https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/449293450628592 Google images

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