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]
| Beaked 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. waitii
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| Binomial name | |
| Anilios waitii (Boulenger, 1895)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology edit
The specific name, waitii, is in honor of English-born Australian zoologist Edgar Ravenswood Waite.[5]
Geographic range edit
A. waitii is endemic to Western Australia.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of A. waitii are grassland, shrubland, and savanna.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Species Anilios waitii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "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 waitii, p. 278).
Further reading edit
- 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.