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Top End Blind Snake
Anilios guentheri
The Top End blind snake (Anilios guentheri ) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
From the article Top End blind snake on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
A. guentheri is small and very slender. Its snout is rounded, not beaked. It has 18 rows of scales at midbody. Its head and body are pale reddish brown, and its tail is blackish.
Range & habitat
In Australia, A. guentheri is found in the state of Western Australia and in Northern Territory.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Anilios guentheri in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 539278.