Species profile—Anilios aspina (round-tailed blind snake)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Reptilia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (reptiles) → Typhlopidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia&family=typhlopidae ) (blind snakes) → Anilios aspina (round-tailed blind snake)
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=18838&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=18838&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=18838 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (reptiles)
- Family
- Typhlopidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia&family=typhlopidae ) (blind snakes)
- Scientific name
- Anilios aspina (Couper, Covacevich & Wilson, 1998)
- Common name
- round-tailed blind snake
- Type reference
- Couper et.al. (1998). Two new species of Ramphotyphlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from Queensland. Mem. Q. Mus. 42(2), 459-464.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 18838
- Synonym(s)
- Ramphotyphlops aspina
Ramphotyphlops aspinus
Anilios aspinus - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Anilios%20aspina#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=ANILIOS%2BASPINA )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=18838 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=18838 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
