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:''Common names: dwarf pipe snakes.'' The Anomochilidae, or anomochilids, are a monotypic family created for the genus ''Anomochilus'',〔 which currently contains three monotypic species. ==Description== Anomochilidae comprises a single genus (''Anomochilus'') and two species. ''Anomochilus'' is known from the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, central Sumatra, and southwestern Borneo. Anomochilids are probably fossorial, but their natural habitat remains conjecture. Anomochilids are small snakes, with museum specimens measuring 17–36cm in total length. The eyes are reduced, and there are no teeth on the premaxiila, pterygoid, or palatine. A tracheal lung is absent. Anomochilids retain some pelvic elements, indicated externally by cloacal spurs. The tails are relatively short. Females have two well developed oviducts. Anomochilids have white or yellow patterns against a darker reddish background. Cranial and dentary morphology suggests that anomochilids probably eat small invertebrates. One of the museum specimens of ''Anomochilus'' was found to contain four eggs, suggesting oviparity, but nothing else is known of anomochilid reproduction or behavior. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that ''Anomochilus'' is morphologically intermediate between Scolecophidia (blindsnakes) and Alethinophidia (true snakes), and is sister to all other alethinophidians. ''Anomochilus'' has in the past been placed in Aniliidae, These three species much resemble those of the family Cylindrophiidae (Asian pipesnakes). However, they lack both a chin groove and teeth on their pterygoid. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anomochilidae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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