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Ramphotyphlops (Australasian Blind Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

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Ramphotyphlops in general

Abyerami, S.; Sivashanthini, K. 2008. Diversity of snakes from the Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 11(16): 1969-1978.

Annable, T. 1993. Vocalisation in Ramphotyphlops? Herpetofauna (Sydney) 23(1): 40.

Hedges, S.B.; Marion, A.B.; Lipp, K.M.; Marin, J.; Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1-61.

Hoser, R.T. 2013. The description of new snake subgenera, species and subspecies from Australia (Squamata: Serpentes). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 16: 39-52.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1982. Opinion 1207. Leptotyphlops and Ramphotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 (Reptilia, Serpentes): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39(2): 106-108.

Marin, J.; Donnellan, S.C.; Hedges, S.B.; Doughty, P.; Hutchinson, M.N.; Cruaud, C.; Vidal, N. 2013. Tracing the history and biogeography of the Australian blindsnake radiation. Journal of Biogeography 40(5): 928-937.

Marin, J.; Donnellan, S.C.; Hedges, S.B.; Puillandre, N.; Aplin, K.P.; Doughty, P.; Hutchinson, M.N.; Couloux, A.; Vidal, N. 2013. Hidden species diversity of Australian burrowing snakes (Ramphotyphlops). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110(2): 427-441.

Oliver, P.M. 2011. Further evidence for old radiations originating at the northern edge of the Australian plate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108(20): E113.

Rabosky, D.L.; Aplin, K.P.; Donnellan, S.C.; Hedges, S.B. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Blindsnakes (Ramphotyphlops) from western Australia and resurrection of Ramphotyphlops bicolor (Peters, 1857). Australian Journal of Zoology 52(5): 531-548.

Savage, J.M.; Boundy, J. 2012. On the type species of the snake generic name Anilios Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Herpetological Review 43(4): 537 538.

Storr, G.M. 1981. The genus Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 9(3): 235-271.

Wallach, V. 2006. The nomenclatural status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42(1): 8-24.

Watling, D.; Wynn, A.H.; Zug, G.R. 2010. Rediscovery of the Taveuni blind snake. Oryx 44(2): 165-166.

Ramphotyphlops adocetus

Buden, D.W.; Panuel, J. 2010. Distribution, abundance and habitat preference of an undescribed species of blind snake (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) on Ant Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia. Herpetological Bulletin 114: 8-14.

Wynn, A.H.; Reynolds, R.P.; Buden, D.W.; Falanruw, M.; Lynch, B. 2012. The unexpected discovery of blind snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Micronesia: two new species of Ramphotyphlops from the Caroline Islands. Zootaxa 3172: 39-54.

Ramphotyphlops affinis

Boulenger, G.A. 1914. Descriptions of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London) 14: 482-485.

Wallach, V. 2003. Scolecophidia miscellanea. Hamadryad 27(2): 222-240.

Ramphotyphlops angusticeps

Barbour, T. 1921. Reptiles and amphibians from the British Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 7: 91-112.

Ramphotyphlops aspinus

Couper, P.J.; Covacevich, J.A.; Wilson, S.K. 1998. Two new species of Ramphotyphlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 459-464.

Vanderduys, E.P. 2013. Additional information on Ramphotyphlops aspina Couper, Covacevich & Wilson 1998 (Reptilia: Typhlopidae), a poorly known blind snake from the Mitchell Grass Downs of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 56(2): 615-619.

Ramphotyphlops australis

Maryan, B. 1988. Notes on reproduction in captive Ramphotyphlops australis (Gray). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 18(2): 1-2.

Rabosky, D.L.; Aplin, K.P.; Donnellan, S.C.; Hedges, S.B. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Blindsnakes (Ramphotyphlops) from western Australia and resurrection of Ramphotyphlops bicolor (Peters, 1857). Australian Journal of Zoology 52(5): 531-548.

Storr, G.M.; Harold, G. 1980. Additions to the herpetofauna of the Shark Bay Region, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 14(8): 240.

Ramphotyphlops batillus

Shea, G. 1999. Waite's blind snakes (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae): identification of sources and correction of errors. Records of the Australian Museum 51(1): 43-56.

Ramphotyphlops becki

Shea, G.M.; Wallach, V. 2000. Reexamination of an anomalous distribution: resurrection of Ramphotyphlops becki (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Pacific Science 54(1): 70-74.

Tanner, V.M. 1948. Pacific Islands herpetology. I. Mariana Island. A new species of Typhlops. Great Basin Naturalist 9(1-2): 1-20.

Ramphotyphlops bicolor

Rabosky, D.L.; Aplin, K.P.; Donnellan, S.C.; Hedges, S.B. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Blindsnakes (Ramphotyphlops) from western Australia and resurrection of Ramphotyphlops bicolor (Peters, 1857). Australian Journal of Zoology 52(5): 531-548.

Ramphotyphlops bituberculatus

Michael, D.R.; Crane, M.; Holliday, S.; Lindenmayer, D.B.; MacGregor, C.; McBurney, L.; Montague-Drake, R. 2009. A range extension for the prong-snouted Blindsnake Ramphotyphlops bituberculatus (Typhlopidae) in the South-western slopes of NSW. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 39(2): 113-114.

Read, J.L.; Badman, F.J. 1990. Reptile densities in chenopod shrubland at Olympic Dam, South Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 20(1): 3-8.

Ramphotyphlops broomi

Shea, G. 1995. The effect of an inadequate key: Ramphotyphlops broomi (Squamata: Typhlopidae) does not occur in New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(1): 15-18.

Ramphotyphlops centralis

Storr, G.M. 1984. A new Rhamphotyphlops [Ramphotyphlops] (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(3): 313-314.

Ramphotyphlops chamodracaena

Ingram, G.J.; Covacevich, J.A. 1993. Two new species of striped blindsnakes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 181-184.

Ramphotyphlops conradi

Bosch, H.A.J. in den; Ineich, I. 1994. The Typhlopidae of Sulawesi (Indonesia): a review with description of a new genus and a new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 28(2): 206-217.

Ramphotyphlops cumingii

Taylor, E.H. 1919. New or rare Philippine reptiles. Journal Sci. Manila 14: 105-125.

Taylor, E.H. 1922. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands. I and II. Philippine Journal of Science 21: 161-206, 257-303.

Wallach, V. 2003. Scolecophidia miscellanea. Hamadryad 27(2): 222-240.

Ramphotyphlops depressus

Peters, W.C.H. 1880. ber neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien des Berliner Zoologischen Museums (Leposoma dispar, Monopeltis (Phractogonus) jugularis, Typhlops depressus, Leptocalamus trilineatus, Xenodon punctatus, Elapomorphus erythronotus, Hylomantis fallax). Monatsberichte der K niglich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1880(February): 217-224.

Ramphotyphlops diversus

Tanner, V.M. 1952. Pacific islands herpetology. 6. Tahiti and Marquesas Islands, New Guinea and Australia. Great Basin Naturalist 12: 1-12.

Ramphotyphlops endoterus

Kinghorn, J.R. 1932. Herpetological Notes. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 355-363.

Sternfeld, R. 1919. Neue Schlangen und Echsen aus Zentralaustralien. Frank-furt. a. M. Mitt. Sanckenb, Ges. 1: 76-83.

Ramphotyphlops exocoeti

Maple, D.J.; Barr, R.; Smith, M.J. 2012. A new record of the Christmas Island Blind Snake, Ramphotyphlops exocoeti (Reptilia: Squamata: Typhlopidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 27(2): 156-160.

Rendahl, H. 1918. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Typhlops aus dem Kaplande. Arkiv f r Zoologi (Stockholm) 11(17): 1-6.

Smith, M.J.; Cogger, H.G.; Tiernan, B.; Maple, D.J.; Boland, C.; Napier, F.; Detto, T.; Smith, P. 2012. An oceanic island reptile community under threat: the decline of reptiles on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 7(2): 206-218.

Wallach, V. 2003. Scolecophidia miscellanea. Hamadryad 27(2): 222-240.

Ramphotyphlops flaviventer

Brongersma, L.D. 1934. Contributions to Indo-Australian herpetology. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 17: 161-251.

Wallach, V. 1996. The systematic status of the Ramphotyphlops flaviventer (Peters) complex (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 17(4): 341-359.

Ramphotyphlops fossor

Shea, G.M. 2015. A new species of Anilios (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from Central Australia. Zootaxa 4033(1): 103-116.

Ramphotyphlops ganei

Aplin, K.P. 1998. Three new blindsnakes (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19(1): 1-12.

Ramphotyphlops grypus

Gillam, M.W.; Cawood, I.S.; Honner, G.J. 1978. New reptile records from central Australia Northern Territory. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 9(2): 18-25.

Parker, H.W. 1931. A new species of blind snake from N.W. Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10) 8: 604-605.

Ramphotyphlops hamatus

Aplin, K.P.; Donnellan, S.C. 1993. A new species of blindsnake, genus Ramphotyphlops (Typhlopidae, Squamata), from northwestern Western Australia, with a redescription of R. hamatus, Storr 1981. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16(2): 243-256.

Ramphotyphlops hatmaliyeb

Wynn, A.H.; Reynolds, R.P.; Buden, D.W.; Falanruw, M.; Lynch, B. 2012. The unexpected discovery of blind snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Micronesia: two new species of Ramphotyphlops from the Caroline Islands. Zootaxa 3172: 39-54.

Ramphotyphlops howi

Storr, G.M. 1983. A new Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 10(4): 315-317.

Ramphotyphlops insperatus

Venchi, A.; Wilson, S.K.; Borsboom, A.C. 2015. A new blind snake (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from an endangered habitat in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 3990(2): 272 278.

Ramphotyphlops kimberleyensis

Ellis, R.J.; Doody, S.; Swan, M. 2015. Natural history notes: Anilios kimberleyensis (Kimberely Blindsnake). Defensive behavior. Herpetological Review 46(3): 442-443.

Ramphotyphlops leptosomus

Ellis, R.J.; Doughty, P.; Donnellan, S.C.; Marin, J.; Vidal, N. 2017. Worms in the sand: Systematic revision of the Australian blindsnake Anilios leptosoma (Robb, 1972) species complex (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from the Geraldton Sandplain, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4323(1): 1 24.

Laurent, R.F. 1956. Notes herp tologiques africaines. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 53(3-4): 229-256.

Robb, J. 1972. A new species of the genus Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 55(2): 39-40.

Ramphotyphlops ligatus

McNab, A.; Sanders, M.; Vanderduys, E.P. 2014. New records of blind snakes resembling the Robust Blind Snake Anilios ligatus (Peters 1879), on Cape York Peninsula. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 59: 8.

Shea, G. 1998. New data on typhlopid type specimens from Queensland in the collection of the Museum f r Naturkunde, Berlin. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 532.

Ramphotyphlops lineatus

Ngadi, E.; Ahmad, N. 2015. Gunung Raya delivers herpetofaunal discoveries. Malaysian Naturalist 68(2): 30-31.

Ramphotyphlops longissimus

Aplin, K.P. 1998. Three new blindsnakes (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19(1): 1-12.

Ramphotyphlops lorenzi

Werner, F. 1910. ber neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Hamburg Jahrb. wiss. Anst. 26 [1908-1909]: 205-247.

Ramphotyphlops mansuetus

Barbour, T. 1921. Reptiles and amphibians from the British Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 7: 91-112.

Wallach, V. 2003. Scolecophidia miscellanea. Hamadryad 27(2): 222-240.

Ramphotyphlops margaretae

Gaikhorst, G.; Lambert, C. 2015. Range extension and micro-habitat use of Buff-snouted Blindsnake (Anilios margaretae) with notes on its conservation status. Western Australian Naturalist 30(2): 126-129.

Ramphotyphlops marxi

Wallach, V. 1993. A new species of blind snake, Typhlops marxi, from the Philippines (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 41(2): 263-278.

Ramphotyphlops minimus

Kinghorn, J.R. 1929. Two new snakes from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 190-193.

Ramphotyphlops multilineatus

Bickford, D.; Wynn, A.H. 2005. Natural history notes: Ramphotyphlops multilineatus (Striped Blind Snake). Behavior. Herpetological Review 36(3): 327.

Ramphotyphlops nema

Shea, G.; Horner, P. 1996. A new species of Ramphotyphlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from the Darwin area, with notes on two similar species from northern Australia. Beagle 13: 53-60.

Ramphotyphlops nigrescens

Greenlees, M.J.; Webb, J.K.; Shine, R. 2005. Led by the blind: bandy-bandy snakes Vermicella annulata (Elapidae) follow Blindsnake chemical trails. Copeia 2005(1): 184-187.

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2007. Ramphotyphlops nigrescens (Reptilia: Typhlopidae) existing in a cow paddock in north-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Calodema Supplementary Paper 12: 1-2.

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2008. A record of Ramphotyphlops nigrescens (Gray, 1845) (Reptilia: Typhlopidae) inhabiting the bark of a standing dead tree of Eucalyptus gummifera (Sol. ex A. Gaertn.) Hochr. (Myrtaceae) in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. Calodema Supplementary Paper 89: 1-2.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1942. Herpetological notes. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 21(2): 118-121.

Mathieson, M.; Johnson, R.; Hobson, R. 1999. Additional vertebrate fauna records for Lake Broadwater Conservation Park. Queensland Naturalist 37(1-3): 12-17.

Miller, J.D.; McDonald, K.R. 1977. A note on eggs and hatchlings of the blind snake Typhlina nigrescens Gray. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 94(4): 161-164.

Scanlon, J.D.; Davidson, C.L. 1999. Spring breeding aggregation of the blindsnake Ramphotyphlops nigrescens (Typhlopidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 29(1): 57-58.

Schulz, M.; Eyre, T.J. 1997. Observations on some reptiles from Minnie Water, north-eastern New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 27(1): 41-42.

Shea, G.M. 2001. Spermatogenic cycle, sperm storage, and Sertoli cell size in a scolecophidian (Ramphotyphlops nigrescens) from Australia. Journal of Herpetology 35(1): 85-91.

Ramphotyphlops obtusifrons

Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis

Ramphotyphlops pinguis

Algaba, D. 2005. A record of a Blind Snake, Ramphotyphlops pinguis on the Swan Coastal Plain, Perth, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 25(1): 58-59.

Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus

Forcart, L. 1953. Die Amphibien und Reptilien von Sumba, ihre zoogeographischen Beziehungen und Revision der Unterarten von Typhlops polygrammicus. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 64(2): 356-388.

Hedges, S.B.; Marion, A.B.; Lipp, K.M.; Marin, J.; Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1-61.

Mertens, R. 1929. Bermerkungen ber Typhlops florensis. Treubia 11: 293-6.

Ramphotyphlops proximus

Brown, G.W.; Cherry, K.A.; Nelson, J.L.; Grgat, L.M. 2003. A survey of the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of the Menindee Lakes, western New South Wales. Australian Zoologist 32(3): 381-400.

Swan, G.; Wilson, S. 2009. How specialised is the diet of the bandy-bandy, Vermicella annulata? Herpetofauna (Sydney) 39(2): 103-106.

Ramphotyphlops robertsi

Couper, P.J.; Covacevich, J.A.; Wilson, S.K. 1998. Two new species of Ramphotyphlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 459-464.

Ramphotyphlops silvia

Ingram, G.J.; Covacevich, J.A. 1993. Two new species of striped blindsnakes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 181-184.

Ramphotyphlops similis

Brongersma, L.D. 1934. Contributions to Indo-Australian herpetology. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 17: 161-251.

Ramphotyphlops splendidus

Aplin, K.P. 1998. Three new blindsnakes (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19(1): 1-12.

Ramphotyphlops suluensis

Gaulke, M. 1995. Observations on arboreality in a Philippine blind snake. Asiatic Herpetological Research 6: 45-48.

Taylor, E.H. 1922. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands. I and II. Philippine Journal of Science 21: 161-206, 257-303.

Ramphotyphlops supranasalis

Brongersma, L.D. 1934. Contributions to Indo-Australian herpetology. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 17: 161-251.

Ramphotyphlops systenos

Ramphotyphlops tovelli

Gillam, M.W. 1979. Notes on the status of the 'blind' snake Typhlina tovelli (Loveridge). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 11(1): 2-5.

Loveridge, A. 1945. A new blind snake (Typhlops tovelli) from Darwin, Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 58: 111-112.

Ramphotyphlops unguirostris

Peters, W.C.H. 1867. ber Flederthiere (Pteropus gouldii, Rhinolophus deckenii, Vespertilio lobipes, Vesperugo temminckii) und Amphibien (Hypsilurus godeffroyi, Lygosoma scutatum, Stenostoma narisostre, Onychocephalus unguirostris, Ahaetulla poylepis,..... Monatsberichte der K niglich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867(November): 703-712.

Shea, G. 1998. New data on typhlopid type specimens from Queensland in the collection of the Museum f r Naturkunde, Berlin. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 532.

Ramphotyphlops wiedii

Shea, G. 1998. New data on typhlopid type specimens from Queensland in the collection of the Museum f r Naturkunde, Berlin. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 532.

Ramphotyphlops willeyi

Boulenger, G.A. 1900. On a new blind snake from Lifu, Loyalty Islands. Willey's Zoological Results 5: 603-604.

Ramphotyphlops yirrikalae

Kinghorn, J.R. 1942. Herpetological notes. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 21(2): 118-121.

Ramphotyphlops zonula

Ellis, R.J. 2016. A new species of blindsnake (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae: Anilios) from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. Herpetologica 72(3): 271-278.