Anilios diversus, or the northern blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4][2] The species is endemic to Australia.

Anilios diversus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Anilios
Species:
A. diversus
Binomial name
Anilios diversus
(Waite, 1894)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops diversus
    Waite, 1894
  • Ramphotyphlops diversus
    — Robb, 1966
  • Typhlina diversa
    — McDowell, 1974
  • Austrotyphlops diversus
    — Wallach, 2006
  • Anilios diversus
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Geographic range

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Native to northern Australia, A. diversus is found in Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitats of A. diversus are desert and grassland.[1]

Reproduction

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A. diversus is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ellis R, Shea G (2017). "Anilios diversus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102838535A102838568. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102838535A102838568.en. Downloaded on 06 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Anilios diversus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
  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. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Typhlops diversus, pp. 584–585).
  • 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 diversus, new combination, p. 33).
  • Robb J (1966). "The Generic Status of Australasian Typhlopids (Reptilia: Squamata)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Thirteenth Series 9: 675–679. (Ramphotyphlops diversus, new combination, p. 676).
  • Waite ER (1894). "Notes on Australian Typhlopidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Second Series 9: 9–13 + Plate I. (Typhlops diversus, new species, pp. 10–11 + Plate I, figures 4–6).
  • Wallach V (2006). "The Nomenclatural Status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8–24. (Austrotyphlops diversus, 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.