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- - A new species of blind snake, named Anilios insperatus, has been identified in southeastern Queensland, Australia, distinguished by its unique physical characteristics, including 16 body scales and 442 paravertebral scales.
- - This snake features a slightly trilobed snout, small eyes hidden within the ocular scales, and has a uniform light color.
- - The specimen was found in a pasture that was once part of an endangered eucalypt ecosystem, near Brisbane, raising potential conservation concerns due to its limited habitat and lack of additional specimens.
Article Abstract
A new species of blind snake is described from south-eastern Queensland, eastern Australia. Anilios insperatus sp. nov. differs from all of its congeners in having:16 scales around the body; 442 paravertebral scales; snout slightly trilobed from above and bluntly angular in profile; small, inconspicuous eyes, located within the ocular scale at its junction with the preocular and the supraocular scales; and uniform light colouration. The unique specimen was collected from pasture that was formally Queensland regional ecosystem 12.8.24, a eucalypt dominated ecosystem currently listed as endangered. The site is less than 100 km from Queensland's capital, Brisbane. Given the locality, habitat and absence of additional specimens, the species is probably of conservation concern.
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