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Extremely long blind snake |
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Anilios longissimus | ||||||
Pronunciation | ann-NIL-ee-oss lon-GISS-im-uss | |||||
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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)
longissimus: 'extremely long'1 . |
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Other names | Ramphotyphlops longissimus | |||||
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Description | Distribution | Natural history | Conservation | Further information | More photos |
RangeKnown only from Barrow Island, off the coast of Western Australia. Found in the following Australian states/territoriesWestern Australia HabitatPossibly one of the few truly subterranean snakes in Australia. See Natural History section for details. |
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