Biology:Kimberley deep-soil blind snake

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Kimberley deep-soil blind snake
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Anilios
Species:
A. howi
Binomial name
Anilios howi
Storr, 1983
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhamphotyphlops howi
    Storr, 1983
  • Austrotyphlops howi
    — Wallach, 2006
  • Anilios howi
    — Hedges et al., 2014

The Kimberley deep-soil blind snake (Anilios howi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Australia .

Etymology

The specific name, howi, is in honor of Australian zoologist Richard Alfred How (born 1944).[5]

Geographic range

A. howi is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.[2]

Reproduction

A. howi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Shea, G.; Ellis, R. (2017). "Anilios howi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102839205A102839216. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102839205A102839216.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/102839205/102839216. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Anilios howi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174339. 
  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 howi, p. 126).

Further reading

  • 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 howi, new combination).
  • Storr GM (1983). "A New Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Western Australia". Rec. West. Australian Mus. 10 (4): 315–317. (Ramphotyphlops howi, new species).
  • Wallach V (2006). "The nomenclatural status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 42 (1): 8-24. (Austrotyphlops howi, new combination).

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