Aniliidae

Taxobox
name = Aniliidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
infraordo = Alethinophidia
familia = Aniliidae
familia_authority = Stejneger, 1907
genus = "Anilius"
genus_authority = Oken, 1816
species = "A. scytale"
binomial = "Anilius scytale"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonyms = * Ilysioidea - Fitzinger, 1826
* Tortricina - Müller, 1823
* Tortricidae - Jan, 1863
* Ilysiidae - Boulenger, 1890
* Aniliidae - Stejneger, 1907
* Anilidae - Amaral, 1930
* Aniliinae - Romer, 1956McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).] ----
* "Tortrix" - Oppel, 1811
* "Anilius" - Oken, 1816
* "Elysia" - Hemprich, 1820
* "Helison" - Goldfuss, 1820
* "Ilysia" - Lichtenstein, 1823
* "Torquatrix" - Haworth, 1825
* "Illisia" - Schinz, 1883
* "Anileus" - Agassiz, 1844----
* ["Anguis"] "Scytale" - Linnaeus, 1758
* "Anguis annulata" - Laurenti, 1768
* "Anguis fasciata" - Laurenti, 1768
* "Anguis caerulae" - Laurenti, 1768
* "Anguis corallina" - Laurenti, 1768
* "Anguis atra" - Laurenti, 1768
* ["Anguis"] "ater" - Gmelin, 1788
* "Anguis Corallinus" - Schneider, 1801
* "Anguis fasciatus" - Schneider, 1801
* "Anguis ruber" - Latreille "In" Sonnini & Latreille, 1801
* "Tortr" ["ix"] . "scytale" - Oppel, 1811
* "Tortr" ["ix"] . "coralinus" - Oppel, 1811
* "Anilius scytale" - Oken, 1816
* ["Tortrix"] "annulata" - Merrem, 1820
* "Anguis" ("Elysia") "Scytale" - Hemprich, 1820
* "Ilysia scytale" - Lichtenstein, 1823
* "Torquatrix scytale" - Gray, 1825
* "Tortrix scytale" - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
* "Ilysia scytale" - Boulenger, 1893
* "A" ["nilius"] . "scytale" ["scylate"] - Roze, 1958
* "Anilius scytale scytale" - Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970

:"Common names: false coral snake, pipe snake.ITIS|ID=209611|taxon=Aniliidae|year=2007|date=14 August] "The Aniliidae are a monotypic family created for the monotypic genus "Anilius"ITIS|ID=209612|taxon="Anilius"|year=2007|date=14 August] that contains the species "A. scytale",ITIS|ID=209613|taxon="Anilius scytale"|year=2007|date=14 August] found in South America. This snake possesses a vestigial pelvic girdle that is visible as a pair of cloacal spurs. It is ovoviviparous. The diet consists mainly of amphibians and other reptiles. Currently, 2 subspecies are recognized, including the typical form described here.

Description

This species is found in Amazonian South America, the Guianas and Trinidad and Tobago. It is a moderately sized snake attaining a size of about 70 cm (27 inches) in length. It is reported to be ovoviviparous and feed on beetles, caecilians (burrowing amphibians), amphisbaenids (legless lizards), small fossorial snakes, fish, and frogs. It has a cylindrical body of uniform diameter and very short tail; brightly banded in red and black ( but without yellow bands); reduced eyes lying beneath large head scales.

ubspecies

Taxonomy

Modern classifications restrict the family to the South American Red Pipe Snake or False Coral Snake "Anilius scytale", with the previously included Asian genus "Cylindrophis" raised to a separate family Cylindrophiidae.

ee also

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* List of snakes, overview of all snake families and genera.

References

Further reading

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* Martins, M., and M. E. Oliveira. 1999. "Natural history of snakes in forests of the Manaus region, Central Amazonia, Brazil". Herpetological Natural History 6:78-150. [http://eco.ib.usp.br/labvert/Martins&Oliveira-HNH-1999.pdf pdf]

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