Anilios australis

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Anilios australis

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Anilios
Species:
A. australis
Binomial name
Anilios australis
Gray, 1845
Synonyms[2]
  • Anilios australis
    Gray, 1845
  • Onychocephalus verticalis
    A. Smith, 1846
  • Typhlops preissi
    Jan, 1860
  • Onychocephalus macrurus
    W. Peters, 1860
  • Typhlops australis
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Ramphotyphlops australis
    Robb, 1966
  • Typhlina australis
    McDowell, 1974
  • Sivadictus australis
    Wellington
    , 1985
  • Austrotyphlops australis
    Wallach, 2006
  • Anilios australis
    — Wallach et al., 2014

Anilios australis, or the southern blind snake,[3] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][4][5] The species is endemic to Australia.

Geographic range

A. australis is found in the following states and territories of Australia:

Victoria, and Western Australia.[2]

Reproduction

A. australis is oviparous.[2]

References

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops australis, pp. 35–36).
  • Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Anilios australis, new species, p. 135).