Anilios australis explained

Anilios australis, or the southern blind snake,^[1] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[2] 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.

Reproduction

A. australis is oviparous.

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).

Notes and References

1. Not to be confused with the South American species Rena unguirostris
2. [:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]