THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS, DISTRIBUTION MAPS AND INFORMATION
Covering Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles, including Colubrid snakes, Pythons, Elapids (called Cobras or Coral Snakes in some countries), Sea Snakes, File Snakes, Blind (or Worm) Snakes, Sea Turtles, Freshwater Turtles (or Tortoises) Dragon Lizards (Agamas), Gecko's, Legless Lizards Monitor Lizards (often called Goanna's in Australia), Skinks and Crocodilia

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Last Updated January 14, 2013

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A Listing of Australian Blind Snakes
Distribution Key

SERPENTES (SNAKES)
Family Typhlopidae (Blind Snakes)

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Scientific Name
Common Name
Distribution
Ramphotyphlops affinis Small-headed  Blind Snake NSW,Qld
Ramphotyphlops australis (see R.bicolor) *Southern Blind Snake WA
Ramphotyphlops batillus Batillus Blind Snake NSW
Ramphotyphlops bicolor (Split from R. australis) *Dark Spined Blind Snake NSW,SA,Vic,WA
Ramphotyphlops bituberculatus Prong-snouted Blind Snake NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic,WA
Ramphotyphlops braminus *Flowerpot Blind Snake or Brahminy blind snake CI,CKI,NT, (Introduced to Australia) S.E. Asia , Pacific Islands
Ramphotyphlops broomi Faint-striped Blind Snake NSW,NT,Qld,SA,
Ramphotyphlops centralis Centralian Blind Snake NT
Ramphotyphlops chamodracaena Cape York Striped Blind Snake Qld
Ramphotyphlops diversus Northern Blind Snake NT,Qld,WA
Ramphotyphlops endoterus Interior Blind Snake NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA
Ramphotyphlops exocoeti Christmas Island Blind Snake CI
Ramphotyphlops grypus Long-beaked Blind Snake NT,Qld,WA
Ramphotyphlops guentheri Top End Blind Snake NT,WA
Ramphotyphlops hamatus Pale-headed Blind Snake WA
Ramphotyphlops howi Kimberly Deep-soil Blind Snake WA
Ramphotyphlops kimberley Kimberley Shallow-soil Blind Snake WA
Ramphotyphlops leptosoma Murchison Blind Snake WA
Ramphotyphlops leucoproctus Cape York Blind Snake Qld
Ramphotyphlops ligatus Robust Blind Snake NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic,WA
Ramphotyphlops margaretae Buff-snouted  Blind Snake WA
Ramphotyphlops micromma Small-eyed Blind Snake WA
Ramphotyphlops minimus Groote Dwarf Blind Snake NT(Groote Island)
Ramphotyphlops nigrescens *Blackish Blind Snake NSW,Qld,Vic
Ramphotyphlops pinguis Rotund Blind Snake SA,Vic,WA
Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus North-eastern Blind Snake Qld
Ramphotyphlops proximus Proximus Blind Snake NSW,Qld,SA,Vic
Ramphotyphlops silvia Cooloola Blind Snake Qld
Ramphotyphlops tovelli Darwin Blind Snake NT
Ramphotyphlops troglodytes Sandamara Blind Snake WA
Ramphotyphlops unguirostris Claw-snouted Blind Snake NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA
Ramphotyphlops waitii Beaked Blind Snake WA
Ramphotyphlops wiedii Brown-snouted Blind Snake QLD
Ramphotyphlops yampiensis Yampi Blind Snake WA
Ramphotyphlops yirrikalae Yirrkala Blind Snake NT

DISTRIBUTION KEY
Click on the abbreviation below to see a map of the area

CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island
NSW = New South Wales
NT = Northern Territory
Qld = Queensland
SA = South Australia
Tas = Tasmania
Vic = Victoria
WA = Western Australia

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