THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA - BLIND SNAKES

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REPTILES OF THE WORLD SPECIES LISTS

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 affinis

NSW, Qld

Sand-diving Blind Snake

Anilios ammodytes

WA

No-spined Blind Snake

Anilios aspina

Qld

Southern Blind Snake

Anilios australis (see also Anilios bicolor)

WA

Batillus Blind Snake

Anilios batillus (last seen in the 1870s)

NSW

Dark Spined Blind Snake

Anilios bicolor (Split from Anilios australis)

NSW, SA, Vic, WA

Prong-snouted Blind Snake

Anilios bituberculatus

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA

Faint-striped Blind Snake

Anilios broomi

North-eastern Qld

Centralian Blind Snake

Anilios centralis

SA, NT

Cape York Striped Blind Snake

Anilios chamodracaena

Qld

Northern Blind Snake

Anilios diversus (see also Anilios ammodytes)

NT, Qld, WA

Interior Blind Snake

Anilios endoterus

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA

Miner Blind Snake

Anilios  fossor

NT
(Ruby Gap Nature Park)

Gane's Blind Snake

Anilios ganei

WA

Long-beaked Blind Snake

Anilios grypus

SA, NT, Qld, WA

Top End Blind Snake

Anilios guentheri

NT, WA

Pale-headed Blind Snake

Anilios hamatus

WA

Kimberly Deep-soil Blind Snake

Anilios howi

WA

Fassifern Blind Snake

Anilios insperatus

Qld (Fassifern Valley)

Kimberley Shallow-soil Blind Snake

Anilios kimberleyensis

WA, NT

Murchison Blind Snake

Anilios leptosoma

WA

Cape York Blind Snake

Anilios leucoproctus

Qld

Robust Blind Snake

Anilios ligatus

NSW, NT, Qld, WA

Barrow Island Blind Snake
(or Extremely Long Blind Snake)

Anilios longissimus

(Barrow Island) WA

Buff-snouted  Blind Snake

Anilios margaretae margaretae

SA, WA

Small-eyed Blind Snake

Anilios micromma

WA

Groote Dwarf Blind Snake

Anilios minimus

NT(Groote Island)

Thread-like Blind Snake

Anilios nema

NT (Darwin Area)

Blackish Blind Snake

Anilios nigrescens

NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic

Blunt-snouted Blind Snake

Anilios obtusifrons (split from Anilios leptosoma)

WA

Pilbara Blind Snake

Anilios pilbarensis

WA (Pilbara region)

Rotund Blind Snake

Anilios pinguis

South-western WA

Proximus Blind Snake

Anilios proximus

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic

Roberts' Blind Snake

Anilios robertsi 

Qld

Cooloola Blind Snake

Anilios silvia

Qld

Splendid Blind Snake

Anilios splendidus 

WA

Sharp-snouted Blind Snake

Anilios systenos (split from A. leptosoma)

WA

North-eastern Blind Snake

Anilios torresianus

North-eastern Qld

Darwin Blind Snake

Anilios tovelli

NT

Sandamara Blind Snake

Anilios troglodytes

North-eastern WA

Claw-snouted Blind Snake

Anilios unguirostris

NT, Qld, WA

Mornington Blind Snake

Anilios vagurima

WA

Beaked Blind Snake

Anilios waitii

WA

Brown-snouted Blind Snake

Anilios wiedii

QLD, NSW

Yampi Blind Snake

Anilios yampiensis

WA

Yirrkala Blind Snake

Anilios yirrikalae

NT

West Kimberley Blind Snake

Anilios zonula 

WA

Flowerpot Blind Snake or Brahminy Blind Snake

Indotyphlops 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

SA = South Australia

Tas = Tasmania

Vic = Victoria

WA = Western Australia

NI = Norfolk Island

LHI = Lord Howe Island

ACT = Australian Capital Territory
(Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)


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Blind Snakes of Australia

BLIND / WORM SNAKES OF THE WORLD SNAKES OF THE WORLD

AUSTRALIAN BLIND SNAKE SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY

Blind Snakes of Australia

South Australian Blind Snakes

BLIND SNAKES - Worm Snakes - Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops NSW

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BLIND SNAKES OF NORTHERN TERRITORY

BLIND SNAKES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Blind Snakes of Victoria

BLIND SNAKES - Worm Snakes - Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops

Blind Snakes of
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