Kimberley deep-soil blind snake
| 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] | |
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
[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]The preferred natural habitat of A. howi is grassland.[1]
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).