The Kimberley deep-soil blind snake (Anilios howi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, howi, is in honour of Australian zoologist Richard Alfred How (born 1944).

Geographic range

A. howi is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. howi is grassland.

Description

A. howi has 18 scale rows at midbody, and it has 434 ventrals. The nasal is completely divided, and the nasal cleft proceeds from the second upper labial. The holotype has a total length of 21 cm. Dorsally, it is dark brown, darker on the head, and even darker toward the tail tip. Ventrally, it is lighter brown.

Behaviour

A. howi is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

A. howi is oviparous.