Common Name
Brown-snouted Blind Snake
Alternate name
a blind snake
Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Local distribution
Uncommon cryptic lowland species of melaleuca and dry and wet eucalypt habitats. Also in cleared farmland with adequate cover.
Known location
Pimpama, Natural Bridge - Springbrook NP, Southport
Other locality
Not recorded from the Gold Coast, but it has been recorded from many sites in Brisbane and elsewhere in south east Queensland, and it would be expected to occur on the Gold Coast. It is very secretive and difficult to find.
General ecology
Open forest, woodland
Habitat comment
Blind snakes live underground and the lack of records cannot be taken as evidence that this reptile is rare or absent from the Gold Coast.
