THE REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA - BLIND/WORM SNAKES
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AUSTRALIAN BLIND SNAKES - SPECIES LISTING
SERPENTES (SNAKES)
Family Typhlopidae (Blind Snakes)
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COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK) |
SCIENTIFIC NAME (EXTERNAL LINK) |
DISTRIBUTION |
Small-headed Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) affinis |
NSW, Qld |
Sand-diving Blind Snake |
Anilios ammodytes (was Ramphotyphlops diversus ammodytes) |
WA |
No-spined Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) aspina |
Qld |
* Southern Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) australis (see Anilios bicolor) |
WA |
Batillus Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) batillus |
NSW |
Dark Spined Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) bicolor (Split from Anilios australis) |
NSW, SA, Vic, WA |
Prong-snouted Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) bituberculatus |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Faint-striped Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) broomi |
North-eastern Qld |
Centralian Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) centralis |
SA, NT |
Cape York Striped Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) chamodracaena |
Qld |
*Northern Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) diversus (see also Anilios ammodytes) |
NT, Qld, WA |
Interior Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) endoterus |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
*Miner Blind Snake |
Anilios fossor |
NT
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Gane's Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) ganei |
WA |
Long-beaked Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) grypus |
SA, NT, Qld, WA |
Top End Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) guentheri
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NT, WA |
Pale-headed Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) hamatus |
WA |
Kimberly Deep-soil Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) howi |
WA |
*Fassifern Blind Snake |
Anilios insperatus |
Qld (Fassifern Valley) |
Kimberley Shallow-soil Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) kimberleyensis |
WA, NT |
*Murchison Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) leptosoma (see A. systenos and A. obtisifrons) |
WA |
Cape York Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) leucoproctus |
Qld |
Robust Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) ligatus |
NSW, NT, Qld, WA |
*Barrow Island Blind Snake
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Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) longissimus |
(Barrow Island) WA |
Buff-snouted Blind Snake |
Anilios margaretae (was Ramphotyphlops) margaretae |
SA, WA |
Small-eyed Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) micromma |
WA |
Groote Dwarf Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) minimus |
NT(Groote Island) |
Thread-like Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) nema |
NT (Darwin Area) |
* Blackish Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) nigrescens |
NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic |
*Blunt-snouted Blind Snake |
Anilios obtusifrons (split from Anilios leptosoma) |
WA |
Pilbara Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) pilbarensis |
WA (Pilbara region) |
Rotund Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) pinguis |
South-western WA |
Proximus Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) proximus |
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic |
Roberts' Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) robertsi |
Qld |
Cooloola Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) silvia |
Qld |
Splendid Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) splendidus |
WA |
*Sharp-snouted Blind Snake |
Anilios systenos (split from A. leptosoma) |
WA |
*North-eastern Blind Snake |
Anilios torresianus (split from what is now called Sundatyphlops (was Anilios) polygrammicus which is an overseas species) (STATUS UNCERTAIN) |
North-eastern Qld |
Darwin Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) tovelli |
NT |
Sandamara Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) troglodytes |
North-eastern WA |
Claw-snouted Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) unguirostris |
NT, Qld, WA |
Beaked Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) waitii |
WA |
Brown-snouted Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) wiedii |
QLD, NSW |
Yampi Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) yampiensis |
WA |
Yirrkala Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) yirrikalae |
NT |
West Kimberley Blind Snake |
Anilios (was Ramphotyphlops) zonula |
WA |
Flowerpot Blind Snake or Brahminy Blind Snake |
Indotyphlops (was Ramphotyphlops) braminus |
NT, Qld, WA, CI, CKI (Introduced to Australia)S.E. Asia, Pacific Islands |
Christmas Island Blind Snake |
Ramphotyphlops exocoeti |
CI |
DISTRIBUTION KEY
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CI = Christmas Island |
CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island |
NSW = New South Wales |
NT = Northern Territory |
Qld = Queensland
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SA = South Australia |
Tas = Tasmania |
Vic = Victoria |
WA = Western Australia |
NI = Norfolk Island |
LHI = Lord Howe Island |
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
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