Species Anilios wiedii (Peters, 1867)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Typhlops wiedii Peters, W. 1867. Herpetologische notizen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13-37 [1868 on title page] [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 5845, Brisbane, 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].

 

Generic Combinations

• Ramphotyphlops wiedii (Peters, 1867).
• Austrotyphlops wiedii (Peters, 1867).
• Anilios wiedii (Peters, 1867).

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, fossorial, nocturnal, oviparous, soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Feeds primarily on ant and termite larvae and pupae.

 

General References

Hoser, R.T. 1980. Further records of aggregations of various species of Australian snakes. Herpetofauna 12: 16-22 (aggregation)

Waite, E.R. 1918. Review of the Australian blind snakes. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 1-34 (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. [42] (Brown-snouted 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		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)