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Miner blind snake

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Anilios fossor - Shea, 2015
Pronunciation  ann-NIL-ee-oss   FOSS-orr
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)
fossor: "From the Latin fossor, a miner, in allusion to the fossorial habits of the genus and the type locality, where the numerous garnets in the bed of the Hale River, misidentified as rubies, sparked the Northern Territory's first mining rush (Gibson et al. 1992). The species epithet is a noun in apposition." (Shea 2015)
Other names   
 
Total length
Species avg: 29 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

Snout is rounded in dorsal and lateral aspects. Rostral scale is large and round. The nasal cleft contacts the second supralabial ventrally, but does not extend to the dorsal surface of the head. Terminal tail spine is present.

Similar species

Splendid blind snake (Anilios splendidus) - is longer (up to 50cm) and has fewer dorsal scales to the level of the cloaca (377 vs 503 in A. fossor).
Centralian blind snake (Anilios centralis) - has a hooked snout in lateral profile (vs rounded).

Scale count information


Dorsal scales at midbody   20
Subcaudals   11 to 11
Other scale information  
Danger rating   Total dorsal scale rows: 514.
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