Brown-snouted blind snake

Brown-snouted blind snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Anilios
Species:	A. wiedii
Binomial name
Anilios wiedii (W. Peters, 1867)
Synonyms[2]
Typhlops wiedii W. Peters, 1867 Ramphotyphlops wiedii — Robb, 1966 Typhlina wiedii — McDowell, 1974 Ramphotyphlops wiedii — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999 Austrotyphlops wiedii — Wallach, 2006 Ramphotyphlops wiedii — S. Wilson & Swan, 2010 Anilios wiedii — Hedges et al., 2014 Ramphotyphlops wiedii — Cogger, 2014

The brown-snouted blind snake (Anilios wiedii), also known commonly as Wied's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, wiedii, is in honor of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.[5]

Geographic range

A. wiedii is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.[1]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of A. wiedii are forests and savannas.[1]

Description

A. wiedii may grow to a total length (including tail) of 29 cm (11 in). It is brownish dorsally, and yellowish ventrally. The snout is very prominent, rounded, with the nostrils inferior. There are 20 rows of scales around the body. The body is slender, about 50 times as long as broad.[6]

Reproduction

A. wiedii is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Shea G, McDonald P, Fenner A (2018). "Anilios wiedii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102874436A102874455. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102874436A102874455.en. Downloaded on 08 August 2018.
2. Species Anilios wiedii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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).
4. "Ramphotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
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 wiedii, p. 285).
6. Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidae ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops wiedii, p. 36).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops wiedii, p. 36).
• Cogger H (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Ramphotyphlops wiedii, 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 wiedii, new combination).
• Peters W (1867). "Herpetologische Notizen ". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13–37. (Typhlops wiedii, new species, pp. 24–25). (in German).
• Wallach V (2006). "The Nomenclatural Status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8-24. (Austrotyphlops wiedii, new combination, p. 13).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.