Anilios vagurima
# 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 (“wandering cleft”) 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.

