Anilios unguirostris (PETERS, 1867)
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Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Claw-snouted Blind Snake |
Synonym | Typhlops (Onychocephalus) unguirostris PETERS 1867 Typhlops curvirostris PETERS 1879: 776 Typhlops unguirostris — BOULENGER 1893: 49 Typhlops curvirostris — BOULENGER 1893: 48 Typhlops unguirostris — WAITE 1918: 15 Ramphotyphlops unguirostris — ROBB 1966: 676 Typhlina unguirostris — COGGER 1975 Ramphotyphlops unguirostris — STORR 1981: 264 Ramphotyphlops unguirostris — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 74 Ramphotyphlops unguirostris — COGGER 2000: 598 Austrotyphlops unguirostris — WALLACH 2006 Ramphotyphlops unguirostris — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 422 Ramphotyphlops unguirostris — MARIN et al. 2013 Anilios unguirostris — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops unguirostris — COGGER 2014: 812 Anilios unguirostris — WALLACH et al. 2014: 41 Anilios unguirostris — TIATRAGUL et la. 2023 |
Distribution | Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia) Type locality: “Rockhampton in Nordaustralien” [Queensland] |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Lectotype: ZMB 5884 (larger of 2 specimens); designated by McDowell 1974 Paralectotype: ZMB 5884 (smaller specimen); the paralectotype is referable to Ramphotyphlops affinis (BOULENGER 1889) fide McDowell 1974. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A moderately slender blind-snake with 24 midbody scale rows, nasal cleft proceeding from first labial, and snout tipped with cutting edge. Further distinguishable from R. ligatus by much wider rostral. Color: Dorsal and upper lateral surfaces dark olive-brown, fairly sharply demar- cated from whitish lower surfaces. Description: Waite 1918: 20 |
Comment | Type species: Typhlops unguirostris Peters 1867 is the type species of the subgenus Robinwitttyphlops Hoser 2013: 43 (subgenus of Libertadictus Wells & Wellington 1984). Distribution: not in NSW (fide Swan et al. 2017, Field Guide NSW). |
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