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Distribution

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Continent: Australia
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, according to HAHN 1980: 48 also in New South Wales, Victoria, and from Cape York across north Australia to northwest and southwest Australia)
Type locality: Brisbane (N.O. Australien) [Queensland]

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Brown-snouted blind snake

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The brown-snouted blind snake (Anilios wiedii), also known commonly as Wied's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[3]^[4] The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, wiedii, is in honor of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.^[5]

Geographic range

A. wiedii is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of A. wiedii are forests and savannas.^[1]

Description

A. wiedii may grow to a total length (including tail) of 29 cm (11 in). It is brownish dorsally, and yellowish ventrally. The snout is very prominent, rounded, with the nostrils inferior. There are 20 rows of scales around the body. The body is slender, about 50 times as long as broad.^[6]

Reproduction

A. wiedii is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Shea G, McDonald P, Fenner A (2018). "Anilios wiedii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102874436A102874455. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102874436A102874455.en. Downloaded on 08 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b Species Anilios wiedii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ "Ramphotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ramphotyphlops wiedii, p. 285).
^ Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidae ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops wiedii, p. 36).

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