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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Anilios |
| Species: | A. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Anilios australis Gray, 1845
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Geographic range edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Anilios australis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
- ^ Not to be confused with the South American species Rena unguirostris
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Ramphotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
Further reading edit
- 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).