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Anomochilidae

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Anomochilidae is a family of snakes containing a single genus, Anomochilus, with three species, known as dwarf pipesnakes or lesser pipesnakes. All three species live in Southeast Asia, in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, where they burrow through leaf litter in lowland and montane rainforest. They are small, cylindrical, blackish to purplish brown snakes with a dark underside and an orange-red band around the tail, and their reduced teeth restrict them to small, elongated prey. Unlike their other pipesnake relatives, dwarf pipesnakes lay eggs rather than bearing live young.

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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ667332, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Anomochilus
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  • Introduction
    Anomochilidae is a family of snakes with one genus, Anomochilus, containing three species of snake.
  • In Group: Snake Families (Serpentes), Lead
    Anomochilidae is a family of snakes with one genus, Anomochilus, containing three species of snake.
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Wikidata: Anomochilidae
Wikidata Q5087342, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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