Anilios broomi, also known commonly as Broom's blind snake, the faint-striped blind snake, and the striate blind snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Geographic range A. broomi is found in northeastern Queensland, Australia.
Habitat The preferred habitats of A. broomi are woodland, mallee, and arid and semi-arid areas.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume).
Reproduction A. broomi is oviparous.
Etymology The specific name, broomi, is in honor of paleontologist Robert Broom.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Ramphotyphlops broomi, p. 40).
References
Further reading Boulenger GA (1898). "Descriptions of Two new Snakes from Queensland". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 2: 414. (Typhlops broomi, new species). Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . (Ramphotyphlops broomi, p. 798). Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Anilios broomi, new combination). Robb J (1966). "The generic status of the Australasian typhlopids (Reptilia: Squamata)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Thirteenth Series 9: 675–679. (Ramphotyphlops broomi, new combination, p. 676). Wallach V (2006). "The nomenclatural status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8–24. (Austrotyphlops broomi, new combination, p. 13). Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .