Brahminy Blind Snake

[serepentes]

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kinsai ganahan ani? hehe.. one of the smallest snakes in the world.

Ramphotyphlops braminus is a harmless 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.

Adults are small and thin, averaging between 6.35-16.5 cm (2½ to 6½ inches) in length. The head and tail-tip look much the same, with no narrowing of the neck. The rudimentary eyes appear only as a pair of small dots under the head scales. The tip of the tail ends with a tiny pointed spur. The head scales are small and resemble those on the body. There are 14 rows of dorsal scales 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.
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.

They eat small inverts and eggs and pupae of ants and termites.

[unretry]

mao ba nang udto2x bro? dli bana kuyaw?

[jLuspoc]

mao ba nang udto2x bro? dli bana kuyaw?

kana mo sud daw sa ears

[silverkeil]

sus daghan au n sa amoa... dli lang nako dakpun kay ana cla la daw na na bitin...

[mark.butad]

naa unta ako silingan nahan ani sayang.. ako to ingnon

[serepentes]

hehehe.. harmless ra ni cla.. ang kuyaw ang udto2x which is ang barred coral snake.. lahi rani cla..
anyway ako nani gibuhian.. so wala na ni..

[sasuke]

so dli d.i ni udto2?.. kuyawan jud ko anang udto2 nga snake grabeh ila venom gamay gamay lang..

[starsunltd]

so dli d.i ni udto2?.. kuyawan jud ko anang udto2 nga snake grabeh ila venom gamay gamay lang..

yup kuyaw na, kung udto-udto na kay venomous daw na siya, according sa mga ninuno, pero ako gi search ang blind snake, mura man sad siya ug udto-udto ug dagway, dili kaha usa rana sila?


basig dili tingali tinuod poisonous na ang udto-udto noh?

[serepentes]

yup kuyaw na, kung udto-udto na kay venomous daw na siya, according sa mga ninuno, pero ako gi search ang blind snake, mura man sad siya ug udto-udto ug dagway, dili kaha usa rana sila?


basig dili tingali tinuod poisonous na ang udto-udto noh?

lahi ra cla... gamai man kaau ni.. ang udto2 kay dako2 toh kysa ani.. pero gamai gihapon..

lahi ra jud ni cla na specie.. h.calligaster mn guro ang udto2..

[lightyagami]

lahi ang udtot-udto.... iba din yan blind snake. which i think is not poisonous.... since my mga pets akong snakes. including blind snake...