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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Anilios (Australian Blind Snakes)   * Anilios affinis Australian Small-headed Blind Snake Cogger 2014 Emmott & Wilson 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios ammodytes Pilbara Short-nosed Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios aspinus Round-tailed Blind Snake Cogger 2014 Emmott & Wilson 2009 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios australis Southwestern Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Aplin, Donnellan & Dell 2008 [listed for "Dorre/Bernier Island"] Brooker, Smith, Saunders, Ingram, Leone & Rebeira 1995 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Maryan & Reinhold 2009 Maryan, Stevenson, Pearson, How & Schmitt 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Rabosky, Aplin, Donnelly & Hedges 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios batillus Shovel-snouted Blind Snake Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios bicolor Dark-spined Blind Snake Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as australis] Hutchinson 2010 Littlejohn & Rawlinson 1971 [as australis] Rabosky, Aplin, Donnelly & Hedges 2004 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 [as australis] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios bituberculatus Prong-snouted Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Emmott & Wilson 2009 Hutchinson 2010 Littlejohn & Rawlinson 1971 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Michael, Crane, Holliday, Lindenmayer, MacGregor, McBurney & Montague-Drake 2009 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios broomi Faint-striped Blind Snake Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios centralis Centralian Blind Snake Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Storr 1984 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios chamodracaena Cape York Striped Blind Snake Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios diversus Northern Australian Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Emmott & Wilson 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios endoterus Interior Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Emmott & Wilson 2009 Hutchinson 2010 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios fossor Ruby Gap Blind Snake Shea 2015   * Anilios ganei Cathedral Gorge Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios grypus Black-tailed Beaked Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Emmott & Wilson 2009 Hutchinson 2010 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios guentheri Top End Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios hamatus Northern Hook-snouted Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios howi Kimberley Deep-soil Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios insperatus Fassifern Blind Snake Venchi, Wilson & Borsboom 2015   * Anilios kimberleyensis Kimberley Shallow-soil Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios leptosomus Murchison Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Ellis, Doughty, Donnellan, Marin & Vidal 2017 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   Anilios leucoproctus White-tailed Blind Snake Cogger 2014 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios ligatus Robust Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Emmott & Wilson 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios longissimus Barrow Island Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios margaretae Buff-snouted Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Gaikhorst & Lambert 2015 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios micromma Small-eyed Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios minimus Groote Eylandt Dwarf Blind Snake Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios nema Fannie Bay Blind Snake Cogger 2014 Shea & Horner 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios nigrescens Blackish Blind Snake Bennett 1997 Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Hahn 1980 Littlejohn & Rawlinson 1971 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios nigricaudus Daly River Blind Snake Pyron & Wallach 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   * Anilios nigroterminatus Roebuck Bay Blind Snake Parker 1931 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   * Anilios obtusifrons Kalbarri Blind Snake Ellis, Doughty, Donnellan, Marin & Vidal 2017   * Anilios pilbarensis Pilbara Beaked Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios pinguis Fat Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios proximus Proximus Blind Snake Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Littlejohn & Rawlinson 1971 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios robertsi Romeo Creek Blind Snake Cogger 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios silvia Cooloola Blind Snake Anonymous 2018 Cogger 2014 Hobson & Thrash 2016 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios splendidus Milyering Well Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios systenos Geraldton Blind Snake Ellis, Doughty, Donnellan, Marin & Vidal 2017   Anilios torresianus Torres Blind Snake Boulenger 1889 Cogger 1992 [as polygrammicus] Cogger 2014 [as polygrammicus] Hahn 1980 [as p. polygrammicus] Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as p. polygrammicus] Lavery, Watson & Leung 2012 [as polygrammicus] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as polygrammicus] McDowell 1974 [as polygrammicus] Wilson & Swan 2010 [as polygrammicus] Wilson 2005 [as polygrammicus]   * Anilios tovelli Darwin Blind Snake Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios troglodytes Sandamara Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios unguirostris Claw-snouted Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Emmott & Wilson 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios vagurima Mornington Blindsnake Ellis 2019   * Anilios waitii Common Beaked Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Hutchinson 2010 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios wiedii Brown-snouted Blind Snake Cogger 2014 Lavery, Watson & Leung 2012 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Anilios yampiensis Yampi Blind Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios yirrikalae Yirrikala Blind Snake Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Anilios zonula West Kimberley Blindsnake Ellis 2016