Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Anomochilus weberi | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Family Anomochilidae Rank Species | |
Similar Anomochilus, Plectrurus, Rhinophis, Cylindrophiidae, Melanophidium bilineatum | ||
Anomochilus weberi, Weber's pipe snake or Sumatran giant blind snake, is a species of snake in the Anomochilidae family from Indonesia.
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Geographic range
It is endemic to Indonesia and known from Sumatra and Borneo.
Description
Frontal quadrangular, nearly twice as large as the supraocular. No enlarged parietals. Four upper labials, third largest and in contact with eye. Dorsal scales in 21 rows. Ventrals 244, scarcely larger than dorsal scales; anal divided; subcaudals 8. Dorsally it is brown, with each scale edge lighter. There is a light spot on each prefontal and on the frontal. On each side of the back there is a series of round light spots, in pairs or alternating. Along the middle of each side there is an interrupted whitish line. Ventrally it has irregular light spots arranged in pairs and sometimes confluent.