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Genus of snakes
Anilios is a
genus of snakes in the
family
Typhlopidae, first described in 1845 by
John Edward Gray.
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Species of the genus Anilios are found predominantly in
Australia, with a few species located in
New Guinea.
The following 48 species are recognized as being valid.
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Anilios affinis (
Boulenger, 1889)
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Anilios ammodytes (
Montague, 1914)
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Anilios aspina (
Couper,
Covacevich &
S. Wilson, 1998)
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Anilios australis
Gray, 1845
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Anilios batillus (
Waite, 1894)
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Anilios bicolor (
W. Peters, 1858)
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Anilios bituberculatus (W. Peters, 1863)
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Anilios broomi (Boulenger, 1898)
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Anilios centralis (
Storr, 1984)
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Anilios chamodracaena (
Ingram & Covacevich, 1993)
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Anilios diversus (Waite, 1894)
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Anilios endoterus (Waite, 1918)
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Anilios erycinus (
F. Werner, 1901)
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Anilios fossor
Shea, 2015
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Anilios ganei (
Aplin, 1998)
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Anilios grypus (Waite, 1918)
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Anilios guentheri (W. Peters, 1865)
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Anilios hamatus (Storr, 1981)
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Anilios howi (Storr, 1983)
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Anilios insperatus
Venchi, S. Wilson &
Borsboom, 2015
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Anilios kimberleyensis (Storr, 1981)
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Anilios leptosoma (
Robb, 1972)
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Anilios leucoproctus (Boulenger, 1889)
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Anilios ligatus (W. Peters, 1879)
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Anilios longissimus (Aplin, 1998)
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Anilios margaretae (Storr, 1981)
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Anilios micromma (Storr, 1981)
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Anilios minimus (
Kinghorn, 1929)
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Anilios nema (Shea &
Horner, 1997)
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Anilios nigrescens Gray, 1845
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Anilios obtusifrons
Ellis &
Doughty, 2017
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Anilios pilbarensis (Aplin &
Donnellan, 1993)
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Anilios pinguis (Waite, 1897)
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Anilios proximus (Waite, 1893)
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Anilios robertsi (Couper, Covacevich & S. Wilson, 1998)
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Anilios silvia (Ingram & Covacevich, 1993)
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Anilios splendidus (Aplin, 1998)
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Anilios systenos Ellis & Doughty, 2017
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Anilios torresianus (Boulenger, 1889)
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Anilios tovelli (
Loveridge, 1945)
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Anilios troglodytes (Storr, 1981)
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Anilios unguirostris (W. Peters, 1867)
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Anilios vagurima Ellis, 2019
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Anilios waitii (Boulenger, 1895)
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Anilios wiedii (W. Peters, 1867)
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Anilios yampiensis (Storr, 1981)
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Anilios yirrikalae (Kinghorn, 1942)
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Anilios zonula Ellis, 2016
Nota bene: A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Anilios.
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Stejneger, Leonhard (1904).
"Herpetology of Porto Rico". Report of the United States National Museum. 1902: 683.
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Savage, Jay M.;
Boundy, Jeff (2012).
"On the Type Species of the Snake Generic Name Anilios Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)" (PDF). Herpetological Review. 43 (4): 537–538.
hdl:
10088/29946.
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"Australian Faunal Directory: Anilios". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
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Gray, John Edward; British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. (1845),
Catalogue of the Specimens of lizards in the collection of the British museum, London: Printed by order of the Trustees, p. 135,
doi:
10.5962/BHL.TITLE.5499,
LCCN
06018121,
OCLC
4208787,
OL
7032217M,
Wikidata
Q51454595
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^ Genus
Anilios at
The Reptile Database