Anilios australis

Anilios australis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific 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 — 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. 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).