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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FF1FFEC9FEA6FEBA" bold="true" box="[151,306,327,352]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Type species.</emphasis>
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, by subsequent designation by Stejneger (1904) [p. 683].
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FF4FFEE2FED5FE5F" bold="true" box="[199,321,364,389]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
From
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Hedges
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(2014)
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and
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: blindsnakes variable in size and body size with 1624 scale rows (usually without reduction), 263750 dorsal/ventral scales, variable tail length with 8 36 subcaudals and usually a small apical tail spine. The genus
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is distinguished from other
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genera by a protrusible hemipenis, retrocloacal sacs (in male specimens), absence of frontorostral scale and paired prefrontals. The function of the retrocloacal sacs remains unknown; however,
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suggested the organs may store sperm.
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FF4FFDCAFEDAFD87" bold="true" box="[199,334,580,605]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Etymology.</emphasis>
Masculine noun formed from the Greek words
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—not and
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—sun (without sun) in reference to the fossorial or below ground habits of these species (
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;
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Hedges
<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FB0CFDE7FB28FD5A" box="[1156,1212,616,640]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
2014
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).
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FF4FFD02FEAFFD7F" bold="true" box="[199,315,652,677]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Remarks.</emphasis>
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identified significant variability and overlap in morphological diagnostic characteristics for the genera
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and
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presented by
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Hedges
<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FBC7FD3FFB18FD12" box="[1103,1164,688,712]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
(2014)
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and
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making the diagnoses for the two genera of little value, and assignment of many typhlopid taxa in
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to a particular genus impossible without genetic evidence. In addition, the diagnostic small apical tail spine used by
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Hedges
<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FE11FC93FE45FCEE" box="[409,465,796,820]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
(2014)
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and
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is also not considered to be a suitable diagnostic for the genus
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alone as this character is known to be absent in two species,
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FBACFCCEFB19FC8D" box="[1060,1165,832,855]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. aspina</emphasis>
(Couper, Covacevich &amp; Wilson, 1998)
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and
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FEE4FCEAFD9AFCA6" box="[364,526,868,892]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Anilios zonula</emphasis>
Ellis, 2016
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.
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The genus
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is a monophyletic genus only known from
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and New
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, and as such all Australian taxa have been included in the genus by
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Hedges
<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FCB6FC23FCECFC1E" box="[830,888,940,964]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
(2014)
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and
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. With the exception of the introduced
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FE5AFC5EFD42FC32" box="[466,726,976,1000]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Indotyphlops braminus</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FC1EFC5EFC71FC32" box="[918,997,976,1000]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Anilios</emphasis>
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is the only typhlopid genera present in
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based on molecular genetic data and as such species placement within the genus is largely based on molecuar data or by geographic inferance.
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tentatively placed
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FB89FB96FBFCFBEA" box="[1025,1128,1048,1072]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. fossor</emphasis>
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into
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FB24FB96FB6FFBEA" box="[1196,1275,1048,1072]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Anilios</emphasis>
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based on the geographic distributions of the genus within
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; however, the accuracy of the placement of
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FA8CFBB2FAFDFB8E" box="[1284,1385,1084,1108]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. fossor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and many other species within
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FE69FBEEFDA4FBA2" box="[481,560,1120,1144]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Anilios</emphasis>
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is unconfirmed due to the lack of genetic samples from some species, particularly species known from single or few individuals lacking genetic material. Placement of
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FB52FB0AFAF8FB46" box="[1242,1388,1156,1180]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. leptosoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and two new taxa within the genus
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<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FE7BFB26FDD6FB1A" box="[499,578,1192,1216]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Anilios</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is supported by results of molecular sequencing by
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Marin
<emphasis id="93C4682CFFC6C270FB5CFB27FA99FB1A" box="[1236,1293,1192,1216]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
(2013a)
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.
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