Anilios

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::summary Genus of snakes ::

| image = A. bituberculatus 2.jpg | image_caption = Anilios bituberculatus | taxon = Anilios | authority = Gray, 1845 | subdivision_ranks = Species | synonyms = | type_species = Anilios australis | type_species_authority=Gray, 1845

Anilios is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae, first described in 1845 by John Edward Gray.

Geographic range

Species of the genus Anilios are found predominantly in Australia, with a few species located in New Guinea.

Species

The following 48 species are recognized as being valid.

• Anilios affinis (Boulenger, 1889)
• Anilios ammodytes (Montague, 1914)
• Anilios aspina (Couper, Covacevich & S. Wilson, 1998)
• Anilios australis Gray, 1845
• Anilios batillus (Waite, 1894)
• Anilios bicolor (W. Peters, 1858)
• Anilios bituberculatus (W. Peters, 1863)
• Anilios broomi (Boulenger, 1898)
• Anilios centralis (Storr, 1984)
• Anilios chamodracaena (Ingram & Covacevich, 1993)
• Anilios diversus (Waite, 1894)
• Anilios endoterus (Waite, 1918)
• Anilios erycinus (F. Werner, 1901)
• Anilios fossor Shea, 2015
• Anilios ganei (Aplin, 1998)
• Anilios grypus (Waite, 1918)
• Anilios guentheri (W. Peters, 1865)
• Anilios hamatus (Storr, 1981)
• Anilios howi (Storr, 1983)
• Anilios insperatus Venchi, S. Wilson & Borsboom, 2015
• Anilios kimberleyensis (Storr, 1981)
• Anilios leptosoma (Robb, 1972)
• Anilios leucoproctus (Boulenger, 1889)
• Anilios ligatus (W. Peters, 1879)
• Anilios longissimus (Aplin, 1998)
• Anilios margaretae (Storr, 1981)
• Anilios micromma (Storr, 1981)
• Anilios minimus (Kinghorn, 1929)
• Anilios nema (Shea & Horner, 1997)
• Anilios nigrescens Gray, 1845
• Anilios obtusifrons Ellis & Doughty, 2017
• Anilios pilbarensis (Aplin & Donnellan, 1993)
• Anilios pinguis (Waite, 1897)
• Anilios proximus (Waite, 1893)
• Anilios robertsi (Couper, Covacevich & S. Wilson, 1998)
• Anilios silvia (Ingram & Covacevich, 1993)
• Anilios splendidus (Aplin, 1998)
• Anilios systenos Ellis & Doughty, 2017
• Anilios torresianus (Boulenger, 1889)
• Anilios tovelli (Loveridge, 1945)
• Anilios troglodytes (Storr, 1981)
• Anilios unguirostris (W. Peters, 1867)
• Anilios vagurima Ellis, 2019
• Anilios waitii (Boulenger, 1895)
• Anilios wiedii (W. Peters, 1867)
• Anilios yampiensis (Storr, 1981)
• Anilios yirrikalae (Kinghorn, 1942)
• Anilios zonula Ellis, 2016

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Anilios.

References

References

1. (1904). "Herpetology of Porto Rico". Report of the United States National Museum.
2. (2012). "On the Type Species of the Snake Generic Name ''Anilios'' Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Herpetological Review.
3. "Australian Faunal Directory: ''Anilios''".
4. {{Cite Q. Q51454595. link
5. {{EMBL genus

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