Anilios australis

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Anilios australis

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
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
    — , 1974
  • Sivadictus australis
    — Wells & 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: New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia.[2]

Reproduction[]

A. australis is oviparous.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Ellis, R.; Shea, G. (2017). "Anilios australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102837781A102837823. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102837781A102837823.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Anilios australis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
  3. ^ Not to be confused with the South American species Rena unguirostris
  4. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume). (Ramphotyphlops australis, p. 57).
  5. ^ "Ramphotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

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).

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