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.
| Kimberley deep-soil blind snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Anilios |
| Species: | A. howi
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| Binomial name | |
| Anilios howi Storr, 1983
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology edit
The specific name, howi, is in honour of Australian zoologist Richard Alfred How (born 1944).[5]
Geographic range edit
A. howi is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.[1][2]
Habitat edit
Description edit
A. howi has 18 scale rows at midbody, and it has 434 ventrals. The nasal is completely divided, and the nasal cleft proceeds from the second upper labial. The holotype has a total length of 21 cm (8.3 in). Dorsally, it is dark brown, darker on the head, and even darker toward the tail tip. Ventrally, it is lighter brown.[6]
Behaviour edit
A. howi is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d 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. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Anilios howi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Ramphotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Storr GM (1983).
Further reading edit
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Ramphotyphlops howi, p. 803).
- 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". Records of the Western Australian Museum 10 (4): 315–317. (Ramphotyphlops howi, new species).
- Wallach V (2006). "The nomenclatural status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8-24. (Austrotyphlops howi, new combination).