Hale River Blind Snake

Anilios fossor est une espèce de serpents de la famille des Typhlopidae. Répartition Cette espèce est endémique du Territoire du Nord en Australie. Publication originale Shea, 2015 : A new species of Anilios (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from Central Australia.

Anilios fossor, also known as the miner blind snake, is a species of blind snake that is endemic to Australia. The specific epithet fossor (“digger”) refers to the snake's fossorial habits as well as to the type locality. Description The species grows to about 29 cm in length.

Anilios es un género de serpientes ciegas perteneciente a la familia Typhlopidae. Se distribuyen por Australia, Nueva Guinea y las islas menores de la Sonda. Especies Se reconocen las 47 especies siguientes según The Reptile Database:​ Anilios affinis (Boulenger, 1889) Anilios ammodytes (Montague, 1914) Anilios aspinus (Couper, Covacevich, Wilson, 1998) Anilios australis Gray, 1845 Anilios batillus (Waite, 1894) Anilios bicolor (Peters, 1858) Anilios bituberculatus (Peters, 1863) Anilios broomi (Boulenger, 1898) Anilios centralis (Storr, 1984) Anilios chamodracaena (Ingram & Covacevich,…