Anilios australis
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Anilios
Species:	A. australis
Binomial name
Anilios australis Gray, 1845
Synonyms[2]
Anilios australis Gray, 1845 Onychocephalus verticalis A. Smith, 1846 Typhlops preissi Jan, 1860 Onychocephalus macrurus W. Peters, 1860 Typhlops australis — Boulenger, 1893 Ramphotyphlops australis — Robb, 1966 Typhlina australis — McDowell, 1974 Sivadictus australis — Wells & Wellington, 1985 Austrotyphlops australis — Wallach, 2006 Anilios australis — Wallach et al., 2014

Anilios australis, or the southern blind snake,^[3] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[2][4][5] 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.^[2]

Reproduction

A. australis is oviparous.^[2]

References

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).