THREE NEW BLINDSNAKES (SQUAMATA TYPHLOPIDAE) FROM NORTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 1 decade ago

Abstract - Three new species of Ramphotyphlops are described from localities in northwestern Western Australia. Two are represented by a single specimen only, the third by four specimens. Each of the new species differs markedly from all previously described members of the genus. The discovery of these new species highlights the very incomplete state of knowledge of the fossorial herpetofauna of northwestern Australia, in particular the Typhlopidae.