Anilios pinguis (WAITE, 1897)
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Anilios pinguis
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| Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Rotund Blind Snake |
| Synonym | Typhlops pinguis WAITE 1897: 25 Typhlops opisthopachys WERNER 1917: 35 Typhlops pinguis — WAITE 1918: 11 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — ROBB 1966: 676 Typhlina pinguis — COGGER 1975 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — STORR 1981: 261 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 72 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — COGGER 2000: 596 Austrotyphlops pinguis — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 418 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — MARIN et al. 2013 Anilios pinguis — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops pinguis — COGGER 2014: 808 Anilios pinguis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 40 Anilios pinguis — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023 |
| Distribution | Australia (South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) Type locality: South Australia |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: SAMA R803, collector unknown |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large, very stout, moderately dark blind-snake with 20 midbody scale rows, snout slightly angular in profile and nasal cleft proceeding from second labial (from Storr 1981). Color: Dorsal and upper lateral surfaces dark brown, either merging gradually with or fairly sharply demarcated from whitish lower surfaces. Description: Waite 1918: 24 |
| Comment | Type species: Typhlops pinguis Waite 1897 is the type species of the subgenus Bennetttyphlops Hoser 2013: 47 (subgenus of Libertadictus Wells & Wellington 1984), both synonyms of Anilios (fide SHEA 2015). Distribution: not in NSW (fide Swan et al. 2017, Field Guide NSW). |
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