Anilios broomi

Anilios broomi, also known commonly as the faint-striped blind snake or the striate blind snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Typhlopidae.

Anilios broomi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Anilios
Species:
A. broomi
Binomial name
Anilios broomi
(Boulenger, 1898)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops broomi
    Boulenger, 1898
  • Ramphotyphlops broomi
    — Robb, 1966
  • Typhlina broomi
    — McDowell, 1974
  • Australotyphlops broomi
    — Wallach, 2006
  • Anilios broomi
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Geographic range

A. broomi is found mainly in Australia.[3][4]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of A. broomi are woodland, mallee, and arid and semi-arid areas.[3][4]

Reproduction

A. broomi is oviparous.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, broomi, is in honor of paleontologist Robert Broom.[5]

References
  1. Shea G, McDonald P, Fenner A (2018). "Anilios broomi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102838171A102838294. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102838171A102838294.en. Downloaded on 05 August 2018.
  2. "Anilios broomi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).
  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 broomi, p. 40).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1898). "Descriptions of Two new Snakes from Queensland". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Seventh Series 2: 414. (Typhlops broomi, 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 broomi, p. 798).
  • 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 broomi, new combination).
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