Biology:Anilios vagurima

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Short description: Species of Australian blind snake

Anilios vagurima
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Anilios
Species:
A. vagurima
Binomial name
Anilios vagurima
Ellis, 2019[1]

Anilios vagurima, also known as the Mornington blind snake, is a species of blind snake that is endemic to Australia . The specific epithet vagurima (“wandering cleft”) refers to the diagnostic morphology of the cleft in the nasal scale.[2]

Description

The snake grows to about 32 cm in length. It is long and slender, with the upper body darker than the underside.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the Central Kimberley bioregion of north-west Western Australia. The type locality is Mornington Sanctuary. Habitat is open savanna woodland of Eucalyptus brevifolia, over a sparse cover of shrubs and tussock grasses, on red-brown clay-loam soils with scattered termite mounds.[2]

References

  1. Ellis, Ryan J (2019). "A typhlopid hotspot in the tropics: increased blindsnake diversity in the Kimberley region of Western Australia with the description of a new Anilios species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Records of the Western Australian Museum 34 (1): 31–37. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.34(1).2019.031-037. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Anilios vagurima ELLIS, 2019". Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anilios&species=vagurima. 

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