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.[1]
| Anilios fossor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Anilios |
| Species: | A. fossor
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| Binomial name | |
| Anilios fossor Shea, 2015
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Description
editThe species grows to about 29 cm in length. [1]
Behaviour
editDistribution and habitat
editThe snake is found in the south-eastern Northern Territory in the vicinity of the Hale River. The habitat is Eucalyptus camaldulensis riverine woodland on sandy loam soils.[1] The type locality is the Ruby Gap Nature Park, where the Northern Territory's first mining rush took place, following the discovery of garnets (misidentified as rubies) in the bed of the river.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Miner blind snake". Australian Reptile Online Database. Stewart Macdonald. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Anilios fossor SHEA, 2015". Reptile Database. Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann. Retrieved 7 June 2021.