Buff-snouted blind snake explained

The buff-snouted blind snake (Anilios margaretae) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[1] The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, margaretae, is in honour of Margaret Butler who was the wife of Australian naturalist Harry Butler.^[2]

Geographic range

A. margaretae is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.

Reproduction

A. margaretae is oviparous.

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . (Ramphotyphlops margaretae, p. 806).
• 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 margaretae, new combination).
• Storr GM (1981). "The Genus Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 9 (3): 235–271. (Ramphotyphlops margaretae, new species, pp. 259–260, Figure 23).
• Wallach V (2006). "The Nomenclatural Status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8-24. (Austrotyphlops margaretae, new combination, p. 13).

Notes and References

1. [:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Austrotyphlops margaretae, p. 168).