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Woodland Blind Snake
Anilios proximus
The Proximus blind snake or the woodland blind snake (Anilios proximus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family that is native to eastern Australia.
From the article Proximus blind snake on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It has an average length of 50 cm, but can reach 75 cm. It is dark brown and glossy in appearance with very small eyes, a bluntly trilobed snout, 20 mid-body scales and no noticeable head. They can often be mistaken for earthworms.
Range & habitat
It is found in eastern Queensland, New South Wales, northern Victoria and eastern South Australia. Predominately nocturnal and non-venomous, it is a burrowing snake which spends most of its life beneath leaf litter or underground. It is rarely seen in daytime, but would make incidental appearances after heavy rainfall or warm moist nights using rocks and debris for shelter.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
It mostly feeds on termites, larvae and pupae of ants, and small insects.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Feeding”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 539295.