Anilios bicolor

Anilios bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Anilios
Species:
A. bicolor
Binomial name
Anilios bicolor
(Peters, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Onychocephalus bicolor Peters, 1858
  • Typhlops bicolor Jan, 1864
  • Typhlops australis Waite, 1918
  • Ramphotyphlops australis Storr, 1981
  • Sivadictus bicolor Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Ramphotyphlops bicolor Rabosky et al., 2004
  • Libertadictus (Bennetttyphlops) bicolor Hoser, 2013

Anilios bicolor, also known as the dark-spined blind snake, is a species of blind snake that is endemic to southern Australia. The specific epithet bicolor (“two-coloured”) refers to the snake's appearance.[1]

Description

The species grows to an average of about 42 cm in length.[1]

Behaviour

Anilios bicolor is a fossorial species that inhabits sandy to loamy soils.[2] The species is oviparous.[3]

Distribution and habitat

The snake is found in extreme south-eastern Western Australia, much of southern South Australia, western New South Wales and north-western Victoria.[1] The type locality is Adelaide.[3] It typically lives in forests and shrublands, but it is thought to be not dependent on any specific vegetation type.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dark-spined blind snake". Australian Reptile Online Database. Stewart Macdonald. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 IUCN (2017-02-22). Anilios bicolor: Ellis, R. & Shea, G.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178517A129368704 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178517A129368704.en.
  3. 1 2 "Anilios bicolor (PETERS, 1858)". Reptile Database. Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann. Retrieved 7 June 2021.


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