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Brown-snouted Blind Snake
Anilios wiedii
The brown-snouted blind snake (Anilios wiedii), also known commonly as Wied's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
From the article Brown-snouted blind snake on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
A. wiedii may grow to a total length (including tail) of 29 cm (11 in). It is brownish dorsally, and yellowish ventrally. The snout is very prominent, rounded, with the nostrils inferior. There are 20 rows of scales around the body. The body is slender, about 50 times as long as broad.
In human culture
The specific name, wiedii, is in honor of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.
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
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Every page naming Anilios wiedii 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 539304.