Species Anilios nigrescens (Gray, 1845)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anilios nigrescens Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [135].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1946.1.11.17, Parramatta, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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. [198].
• Typhlops ruppelli Jan, G. 1864. Iconographie Générale des Ophidiens. Milan : G. Jan 100 pp. [14, Atlas livr. 9 pl. 1 fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SMF 16617, Sydney, NSW.

  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.
• Typhlops reginae Boulenger, G.A. 1889. Description of new Typhlopidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 4: 360-363 [362].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.1.11.81–83, 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. [198]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ramphotyphlops nigrescens (Gray, 1845).
• Austrotyphlops nigrescens (Gray, 1845).
• Anilios nigrescens (Gray, 1845).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, closed forest, fossorial, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, soil dweller, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Feeds primarily on ant and termite larvae and pupae.

 

General References

Shine, R. 1980. Reproduction, feeding and growth in the Australian burrowing snake Vermicella annulata. Journal of Herpetology 14: 71-77 (as prey)

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. [41] (Blackish Blind Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	SERPENTES	27-Jan-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	Anilios Gray, 1845	29-Jul-2015	MODIFIED
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)