Beaked blind snake explained

The beaked blind snake (Anilios waitii), also known commonly as Waite's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, waitii, is in honor of English-born Australian zoologist Edgar Ravenswood Waite.^[2]

Geographic range

A. waitii is endemic to Western Australia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. waitii are grassland, shrubland, and savanna.

Reproduction

A. waitii is oviparous.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1895). "On a new Typhlops previously confounded with Typhlops unguirostris, Peters". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Second Series 9: 718–719. (Typhlops waitii, new species).
• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . (Ramphotyphlops waitii, p. 812).
• 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 waitii, new combination).
• Wallach V (2006). "The Nomenclatural Status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8-24. (Austrotyphlops waitii, new combination, p. 13).
• Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .

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. . (Ramphotyphlops waitii, p. 278).