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(Redirected from Ramphotyphlops tovelli) Species of snake

Darwin blind snake
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Anilios
Species: A. tovelli
Binomial name
Anilios tovelli
(Loveridge, 1945)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops tovelli
    Loveridge, 1945
  • Typhlina tovelli
    — Hahn, 1980
  • Ramphotyphlops tovelli
    — Cogger, 1994
  • Austrotyphlops tovelli
    — Wallach, 2006
  • Anilios tovelli
    — Hedges et al., 2014

The Darwin blind snake (Anilios tovelli) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, tovelli, is in honor of G. T. R. Tovell who collected the holotype while serving as a gunner in the Australian armed forces during World War II.

Geographic range

In Australia, A. tovelli is found in the Northern Territory.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. tovelli is savanna.

Reproduction

A. tovelli is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Shea, G.; McDonald, P.; Fenner, A. (2018). "Anilios tovelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102874161A102874200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102874161A102874200.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Anilios tovelli at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. "Ramphotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ramphotyphlops tovelli, p. 267).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Anilios tovelli, new combination).
  • Loveridge A (1945). "A New Blind Snake (Typhlops tovelli) from Darwin, Australia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 58: 111–112. (Typhlops tovelli, new species).
  • Wallach V (2006). "The Nomenclatural Status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8-24. (Austrotyphlops tovelli, new combination, p. 13).
  • Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.


Taxon identifiers
Ramphotyphlops tovelli


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