Anilios vagurima, also known as the Mornington blind snake, is a species of blind snake that is endemic to Australia. The specific epithet vagurima (“wandering cleft”) refers to the diagnostic morphology of the cleft in the nasal scale.[2]

Anilios vagurima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Anilios
Species:
A. vagurima
Binomial name
Anilios vagurima
Ellis, 2019[1]

Description

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The snake grows to about 32 cm in length. It is long and slender, with the upper body darker than the underside.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in the Central Kimberley bioregion of north-west Western Australia. The type locality is Mornington Sanctuary. Habitat is open savanna woodland of Eucalyptus brevifolia, over a sparse cover of shrubs and tussock grasses, on red-brown clay-loam soils with scattered termite mounds.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ellis, Ryan J (2019). "A typhlopid hotspot in the tropics: increased blindsnake diversity in the Kimberley region of Western Australia with the description of a new Anilios species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 34 (1): 31–37. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.34(1).2019.031-037.
  2. ^ a b c "Anilios vagurima ELLIS, 2019". Reptile Database. Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann. Retrieved 11 June 2021.