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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Rotund Blind Snake 
SynonymTyphlops 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
Anilios pinguis — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 327 
DistributionAustralia (South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia)

Type locality: South Australia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SAMA R803, collector unknown 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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). 
CommentType 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). 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin pinguis (fat), in reference to the body shape of this species. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
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.
  • Robb,J. 1966. The generic status of Australasian typhlopids (Reptilia: Squamata). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (13) 9: 675-679 - get paper here
  • Shea, G.M. 1999. Waite’s blind snakes (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae): identification of sources and correction of errors. Rec. Austral. Mus. 51 (1): 447-450 - 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
  • Waite, E. R. 1897. Notes on Australian Typhlopidae. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 21: 25-27 - get paper here
  • Waite, E. R. 1918. Review of the Australian blind snakes. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 1: 1-34 - 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
  • Werner, F. 1917. Über einige neue Reptilien und einen neuen Frosch des Zoologischen Museums in Hamburg. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, 2. Beiheft zum Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 34: 31-36. - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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