Anomochilus weberi

Anomochilus weberi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Anomochilidae
Genus: Anomochilus
Species: A. weberi
Binomial name
Anomochilus weberi
(Lidth de Jeude in Weber, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Anomolochilus weberi Lidth de Jeude in Weber, 1890
  • Anomochilus weberi - Berg, 1901[2]

Anomochilus weberi, Weber's pipe snake[3] or Sumatran giant blind snake,[1] is a species of snake in the Anomochilidae family from Indonesia.

Geographic range

It is endemic to Indonesia and known from Sumatra and Borneo.[1][4]

Description

Frontal quadrangular, nearly twice as large as the supraocular. No enlarged parietals. Four upper labials, third largest and in contact with eye. Dorsal scales in 21 rows. Ventrals 244, scarcely larger than dorsal scales; anal divided; subcaudals 8. Dorsally it is brown, with each scale edge lighter. There is a light spot on each prefontal and on the frontal. On each side of the back there is a series of round light spots, in pairs or alternating. Along the middle of each side there is an interrupted whitish line. Ventrally it has irregular light spots arranged in pairs and sometimes confluent.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Das, I. (2012). "Anomochilus weberi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2012: e.T192155A2048153. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. Anomochilus weberi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 December 2015.
  3. "Anomochilus weberi Weber's Pipe Snake". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  4. Das, I., Lakim, M., Lim, K.K.P., & Hui, T.H. (2008). "New species of Anomochilus from Borneo (Squamata: Anomochilidae)". Journal of Herpetology 42 (3): 584–591. JSTOR 40060554.
  5. Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London. p. 134.
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