The buff-snouted blind snake (Anilios margaretae) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.McDiarmid RW, Campbell, 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). (Ramphotyphlops margaretae, p. 69). The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology The specific name, margaretae, is in honour of Margaret Butler who was the wife of Australian naturalist Harry Butler.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Austrotyphlops margaretae, p. 168).
Description Anilios margaretae may attain a total length (tail included) of . It is a very slender blind snake with 18 rows of scales at midbody. The snout, when viewed from above, appears mildly trilobed. Dorsally, the body is pink to purplish grey. Ventrally, it is pale grey. The snout is pale yellowish brown. 688 pp.
Geographic range Anilios margaretae is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of Anilios margaretae are desert and grassland.
Behaviour Anilios margaretae is terrestrial and fossorial.
Reproduction Anilios margaretae is oviparous.
References
Further reading Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . (Ramphotyphlops margaretae, p. 806). 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 margaretae, new combination). Storr GM (1981). "The Genus Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 9 (3): 235–271. (Ramphotyphlops margaretae, new species, pp. 259–260, Figure 23). Wallach V (2006). "The Nomenclatural Status of Australian Ramphotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (1): 8–24. (Austrotyphlops margaretae, new combination, p. 13).