Species Anilios endoterus (Waite, 1918)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Typhlops endoterus Waite, E.R. 1918. Review of the Australian blind snakes. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 1-34 [32, fig. 24].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA R88, Hermannsburg, NT.
• Typhlops leonhardii Sternfeld, R. 1919. Neue Schlangen und Echsen aus Zentralaustralien. Senckenbergiana Biologica 1: 76-83 [77].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SMF 16666, Hermannsburg Mission, Upper Finke River, NT.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mertens, R. 1967. Die herpetologische Sektion des Natur-Museums und Forschungs-Institutes Senckenburg in Frankfurt-a.-M. nebst einem Verzeichnis ihrer Typen. 1. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 1-106.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [196]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ramphotyphlops endoterus (Waite, 1918).
• Austrotyphlops endoterus (Waite, 1918).
• Anilios endoterus (Waite, 1918).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, fossorial, nocturnal, oviparous, soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Feeds primarily on ant and termite larvae and pupae.

 

General References

Storr, G.M. 1981. The genus Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 9: 235-271 (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [41] (Interior Blind Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	TYPHLOPIDAE	09-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	ABRS
07-Feb-2024		07-May-2012	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)