Ramphotyphlops_waitii

Beaked blind snake

Beaked blind snake

Species of snake

The beaked blind snake (Anilios waitii), also known commonly as Waite's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]

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Etymology

The specific name, waitii, is in honor of English-born Australian zoologist Edgar Ravenswood Waite.[5]

Geographic range

A. waitii is endemic to Western Australia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. waitii are grassland, shrubland, and savanna.[1]

Reproduction

A. waitii is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Shea G, Ellis R (2018). "Anilios waitii " (amended version of 2017 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178581A129368001. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T178581A129368001.en. Downloaded on 06 November 2020.
  2. [2]
    Species Anilios waitii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. [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. [4]
    "Ramphotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. [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 waitii, p. 278).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1895). "On a new Typhlops previously confounded with Typhlops unguirostris, Peters". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Second Series 9: 718–719. (Typhlops waitii, new species).
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Ramphotyphlops waitii, p. 812).
  • 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 waitii, new combination).
  • Wallach V (2006). "The Nomenclatural Status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8-24. (Austrotyphlops waitii, 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.



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