ROBUST BLIND SNAKE

Photographed at Yaamba, Queensland February 2018

77                     ROBUST BLIND SNAKE                  Anilios ligatus

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                17

Eats pupae and lava of large and aggressive bulldog ants, its smooth, thick scales and robust body providing protection against the ants. Found in humid woodlands, dry woodlands and dry grassland/shrubland. Range: ne tip of WA, and in a band across to Q, down e coast and halfway across state  of Q from around Townsville to northern NSW

CLAW SNOUTED BLIND SNAKE

Photographed on the road between Cairns and Mareeba, Queensland, November 2017

 64              CLAW SNOUTED BLIND SNAKE                    Ramphotyphlops unguirostris

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                 14

Known from widely scattered localities across the north-east and northern Australia. It is a burrowing snakes which feeds mainly on the lava and pupae of ants and termites.