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Fassifern blind snake

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Anilios insperatus - Venchi, Wilson & Borsboom, 2015
Pronunciation  ann-NIL-ee-oss   INN-sper-AHH-tuss
Etymology  Anilios: "The derivation of the generic name Anilios was not provided by Gray (1845), although Savage and Boundy (2012) suggest it was derived from the Greek an- (lacking) + helios (the sun)." (Shea 2015)
insperatus: "The Latin word insperatus means unexpected, unanticipated, unhoped, unlooked-for, unforeseen. This alludes to the unexpected discovery of a new species of snake in an intensively surveyed, easily accessible area less than 100 km from an Australian capital city. Used as a noun in apposition." (Venchi, Wilson & Borsboom 2015)
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Total length
Species avg: 9.7 cm
Reproduction
Oviparous
Clutch size
Length and clutch size information comes from a variety of sources, but primarily from Shine (1991) and Cogger (2000).
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Description

Small and slender; snout is slightly trilobed when viewed from above; the nasal scale is not completely divided; the nasal cleft joins the second supralabial scale and is not visible from above. Terminal tail spine is present.

Similar species

No other Anilios species found in Queensland have 16 midbody scale rows.

Scale count information


Dorsal scales at midbody   16
Subcaudals   19 to 19
Other scale information   442 paravertebral scales.
Danger rating  
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