Anilios vagurima

Anilios vagurima, also known as the Mornington blind snake, is a species of blind snake that is endemic to Australia. The specific epithet vagurima refers to the diagnostic morphology of the cleft in the nasal scale.

Description

The snake grows to about 32 cm in length. It is long and slender, with the upper body darker than the underside.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the Central Kimberley bioregion of north-west Western Australia. The type locality is Mornington Sanctuary. Habitat is open savanna woodland of Eucalyptus brevifolia, over a sparse cover of shrubs and tussock grasses, on red-brown clay-loam soils with scattered termite mounds.