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Reptiles Database
Order Squamata
Superfamily Xenophidia (Colubroidea Caenophidia)
Family Anomochilidae (Dwarf Pipe Snakes)
Only two species, Anomochilus leonardi and A. weberi. There is hardly anything known about theses species - only 9 specimens of both species combined have been found!
Appearance: Anatomically they are intermediate between the blind snakes (Scolecophidia) and the more "modern" snakes. Superficially they resemble Asian pipesnakes (Cylindrophiidae). Anomochilids lack both a chin groove and teeth on their pterygoid or palatine bones.
Distribution: restricted to the malayian peninsula and Indonesia
Relationships: Previously, the genus Anomochilus has been assigned to the subfamily Cylindrophiinae of the family Uropeltidae.
List of genera:
Cundall, D., Wallach, V. & Rossman, D. A., (1993)
The systematic relationships of the snake genus
Anomochilus
Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 109: 275-299.
Gower, D.J.; Vidal, N.; Spinks, J.N.; and McCarthy, C.J.
(2005)
The phylogenetic position of Anomochilidae (Reptilia:
Serpentes): first evidence from DNA sequences.
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
43(4):315-320.