NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
long-beaked Blind Snake
Anilios grypus (Waite, 1918)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The long-beaked blind snake (Anilios grypus) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae, first described in 1918 by Edgar Waite as Typhlops grypus, and endemic to northern Australia (in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland).
Wikipedia contributors, Long-beaked blind snake; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:32:16.330923+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Anilios grypus (Waite, 1918)
- Name authority
- (Waite, 1918)
- Common name
- long-beaked Blind Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Typhlopidae
- Genus
- Anilios
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderScolecophidia Cope, 1864
- familyTyphlopidae
- genusAnilios
- speciesAnilios grypus (Waite, 1918)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Anilios. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Anilios ammodytes (Montague, 1914) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kimberley deep-soil Blind SnakeAnilios howi (Storr, 1983) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beaked Blind SnakeAnilios waitii (Boulenger, 1895) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Great Sandy Blind SnakeAnilios silvia (Ingram & Covacevich, 1993) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anilios splendidus (Aplin, 1998) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yampi Blind SnakeAnilios yampiensis (Storr, 1981) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Buff-snouted Blind SnakeAnilios margaretae (Storr, 1981) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anilios pilbarensis (Aplin & Donnellan, 1993) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anilios aspina (Couper, Covacevich & Wilson, 1998) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anilios fossor Shea, 2015 | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Faint-striped Blind SnakeAnilios broomi (Boulenger, 1898) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Blind SnakeAnilios diversus (Waite, 1894) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ramphotyphlops gryphus Robb, 1966 Robb, 1966 | synonym |
| Typhlops grypus Waite, 1918 Waite, 1918 | synonym |
| Typhlops kenti Waite, 1918 Waite, 1918 | ambiguous synonym |
| Typhlops nigroterminatus Parker, 1931 Parker, 1931 | synonym |
| Typhlina grypha Mcdowell, 1974 Mcdowell, 1974 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anilios&species=grypus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5V26P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.