Darwin blind snake

Darwin blind snake
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Anilios
Species:	A. tovelli
Binomial name
	Anilios tovelli; (Loveridge, 1945)
Synonyms
	Typhlops tovelli ; Loveridge, 1945; Typhlina tovelli ; — Hahn, 1980; Ramphotyphlops tovelli ; — Cogger, 1994; Austrotyphlops tovelli ; — Wallach, 2006; Anilios tovelli ; — Hedges et al., 2014;

The Darwin blind snake (Anilios tovelli) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[3]^[4] The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, tovelli, is in honor of G. T. R. Tovell who collected the holotype while serving as a gunner in the Australian armed forces during World War II.^[5]

Geographic range

In Australia, A. tovelli is found in the Northern Territory.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. tovelli is savanna.^[1]

Reproduction

A. tovelli is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Shea, G.; McDonald, P.; Fenner, A. (2018). "Anilios tovelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102874161A102874200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102874161A102874200.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Species Anilios tovelli 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 tovelli, p. 267).

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 tovelli, new combination).
Loveridge A (1945). "A New Blind Snake (Typhlops tovelli) from Darwin, Australia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 58: 111–112. (Typhlops tovelli, new species).
Wallach V (2006). "The Nomenclatural Status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8-24. (Austrotyphlops tovelli, 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.

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] Shea, G.; McDonald, P.; Fenner, A. (2018). "Anilios tovelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102874161A102874200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102874161A102874200.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[RDB-2] Species Anilios tovelli at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[McD99-3] 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).

[ITIS-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 tovelli, p. 267).

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