Anilios australis

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Anilios australis
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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
    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.

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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]

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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. 1 2 3 4 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.

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