Species Anilios ligatus (Peters, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Typhlops ligatus Peters, W. 1879. Mitteilung über neue Amphibien des Kgl. Zoologischen Museums (Euprepes, Acontias, Typhlops, Zamenis, Spilotes, Oedipus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1879: 773-779 [1880 on title page] [775, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 6231, Port Mackay, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. 1998. New data on typhlopid type specimens from Queensland in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 532 [532].
• Typhlops curtus Ogilby, J.D. 1892. On some undescribed reptiles and fishes from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 2(2): 23-26 [23].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R1132, Walsh River, Gulf of Carpenteria, QLD.

 

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. [197]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ramphotyphlops ligatus (Peters, 1879).
• Austrotyphlops ligatus (Peters, 1879).
• Anilios ligatus (Peters, 1879).

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Also in New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Distribution References

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)

Vanderduys, E., McNab, A. & Sanders, M. 2014. New records of blind snakes resembling the robust blind snake Anilios ligatus (Peters, 1879) on Cape York Peninsula. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 59: 8

Waite, E.R. 1918. Review of the Australian blind snakes. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 1-34 (taxonomy)

Wells, R. 1979. New reptile records for the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Naturalist 1: 3-4 (distribution)

 

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] (Robust Blind Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	Anilios Gray, 1845	17-Sep-2015	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	TYPHLOPIDAE	09-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	ABRS
07-Feb-2024		07-May-2012	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)