Anilios nema (SHEA & HORNER, 1997)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Ramphotyphlops nema SHEA & HORNER 1997: 54 Ramphotyphlops nema — COGGER 2000: 768 Austrotyphlops nema — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops nema — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 416 Anilios nema — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops nema — COGGER 2014: 807 Anilios nema — WALLACH et al. 2014: 40
Distribution	N Australia (Northern Territory: Darwin area) Type locality: “Fannie Bay, Darwin, NT.”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: NTM R16047, 21665; 34110, collected D Low Choy 8.ii.1995.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A small, slender Ramphotyphlops with 16 midbody scale rows, 520 or more ventral scales, snout bluntly rounded from above and in lateral profile, and tail concolorous with body. (Shea & Horner 1997)
Comment	Publication date: While the journal says “1996” the actual publication date was actually 20 Jan 1997, indicated by a stamp inside the journal cover (Glenn Shea and Stewart Macdonald, pers. comm. 11 March 2012).
Etymology	Named after the classical Greek nema, a thread, alluding to the slender body, which combines the lowest midbody counts in the genus with some of the highest ventral counts.
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 Shea G M. & Horner P. 1997. A new species of Ramphotyphlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from the Darwin Area, with notes on two similar species from northern Australia. The Beagle 13: 53-60 [1996] - get paper here Somaweera, R. 2009. Snakes of Darwin. Poster, University of Sydney 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.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Typhlopidae/Ramphotyphlops… http://www.anoleannals.org/2016/08/31/some-anoles-from-cuba-help-for-id/ http://www.saumfinger.de/anolis_anisolepis.html Google images

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