Species of Thailand
Brahminy's blind snake
Indotyphlops braminus, François Marie Daudin, 1803
(In Thai: งูดินบ้าน, ngu din baan)
Ramphotyphlops braminus is a blind snake species found mostly in Africa and Asia, but has been introduced in many other parts of the world. Completely fossorial, they are often mistaken for earthworms, except that they are not segmented. The specific name is a Latinized form of the word Brahmin, which is a caste among Hindus. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Description
along the entire body. The coloration of the adults varies from shiny silver gray to charcoal gray or purple. The venter is grayish to brown. Juveniles are colored much the same as the adults.
The tiny eyes are covered with translucent scales, rendering these snakes almost entirely blind. The eyes cannot form images, but are still capable of registering light intensity.
Common names
Ramphotyphlops braminus is variously known as brahminy blind snake (or brahminy blindsnake), flowerpot snake, common blind snake, island blind snake, and Hawaiian blind snake. The moniker "flowerpot snake" derives from the snake's incidental introduction to various parts of the world through the plant trade.
Geographic range
Found in Africa and Asia, but being an introduced species in many parts of the world, it is also found in Australia and the Americas. It is common throughout most of Florida Africa, it has been reported in Senegal, Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Somalia, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa (an isolated colony in Cape Town, also about 8 have been found in Lephalale, Limpopo Province at the Medupi Power Station during construction), Madagascar, the Comoro Islands, Mauritius, the Mascarene Islands and the Seychelles. given is "Vizagapatam" [India.
This is also the only snake reported from Lakshadweep Islands.
Habitat
Usually occur in urban and agricultural areas. These snakes live underground in ant and termite nests. They are also found under logs, moist leaves and humus in wet forest, dry jungle and even city gardens. The distribution and survival of this group of snakes directly reflects soil humidity and temperature.
Feeding
Their diet consists of the larvae, eggs, and pupae of ants and termites.
Reproduction
This species is parthenogenetic and all specimens collected so far have been female. They lay eggs or may bear live young. Up to eight offspring are produced: all female and all genetically identical.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Typhlopidae
- Genus
- Indotyphlops
- Species
- Indotyphlops braminus
Common names
- German: Brahmanen-Wurmschlange
- English:
- Brahminy blind snake
- Common blind snake
- Bootlace snake
- Flowerpot snake
- Thai: งูดินบ้าน, ngu din baan
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (IUCN)
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Range Map
- Ban Chang District, Rayong
- Ban Lat District, Phetchaburi
- Ban Phaeo District, Samut Sakhon
- Bang Lamung District, Chonburi
- Cha-Am District, Phetchaburi
- Doi Suthep - Pui National Park
- Hat Yai District, Songkhla
- Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi
- Kaeng Krachan National Park
- Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Yai National Park
- Klaeng District, Rayong
- Ko Samui District, Surat Thani
- Muak Lek District, Saraburi
- Mueang Loei District, Loei
- Mueang Nakhon Sawan District, Nakhon Sawan
- Mueang Phichit District, Phichit
- Mueang Ranong District, Ranong
- Mueang Samut Prakan District, Samut Prakan
- Nong Ruea District, Khon Kaen
- Sam Phran District, Nakhon Pathom
- Sung Noen District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Tarutao National Marine Park
- Tha Sala District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Thalang District, Phuket
- Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary