Anilios silvia (INGRAM & COVACEVICH, 1993)
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Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Great Sandy Blind Snake, Sylvia's Blind Snake |
Synonym | Ramphotyphlops silvia INGRAM & COVACEVICH 1993 Ramphotyphlops silvia — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 73 Ramphotyphlops silvia — COGGER 2000: 769 Austrotyphlops silvia — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops silvia — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 420 Ramphotyphlops silvia — MARIN et al. 2013 Anilios silvia — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops silvia — COGGER 2014: 810 Anilios silvia — WALLACH et al. 2014: 41 |
Distribution | Australia (Queensland) Type locality: "Seary's Scrub, Cooloola NP (25°58'S, 153°0TE), SEQ" [Queensland, Australia]. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: QM J27387. |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Type species: Ramphotyphlops sylvia Ingram & Covacevich 1993 is the type species of the subgenus Silvatyphlops Hoser 2013: 48 (subgenus of Libertadictus Wells & Wellington 1984), both synonyms of Anilios (fide SHEA 2015). |
Etymology | Named after Hannah Sylvia Ingram, the mother of one of the senior author and Rhea Sylvia, mother of Romulus and Remus. |
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