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Eurasian Blind Snake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Eurasian Blind Snake

Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820)

Xerotyphlops vermicularis is a small, earthworm-like European blind snake with l…

Syrian Blind Snake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Syrian Blind Snake

Xerotyphlops syriacus (Jan, 1864)

Xerotyphlops syriacus, the Syrian/Levantine blind snake, is a nonvenomous fossor…

Southern Blind Snake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Southern Blind Snake

Anilios australis Gray, 1845

The southern blind snake Anilios australis is an oviparous, Australian-endemic b…

Dark-spined Blind Snake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Dark-spined Blind Snake

Anilios bicolor (Peters, 1858)

Anilios bicolor is a snake averaging 42 cm long, found across parts of southern …

Prong-snouted Blind Snake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Prong-snouted Blind Snake

Anilios bituberculatus (Peters, 1863)

Anilios bituberculatus, the prong-snouted blind snake, is a small arid-adapted b…

Blackish Blind Snake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Blackish Blind Snake

Anilios nigrescens Gray, 1845

Anilios nigrescens is a small burrowing blind snake often mistaken for earthworm…

Brahminy Blindsnake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Brahminy Blindsnake

Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803)

Indotyphlops braminus is the smallest known snake, a parthenogenetic blind snake…

Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake

Rhinotyphlops lalandei (Schlegel, 1839)

Rhinotyphlops lalandei is a burrowing blind snake found across Southern Africa i…

Bibron's Blind Snake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Bibron's Blind Snake

Afrotyphlops bibronii (Smith, 1846)

Afrotyphlops bibronii is a heavy-bodied blind snake native to southern Africa, a…

Zambezi Blind Snake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Zambezi Blind Snake

Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854)

Afrotyphlops mucruso is a Typhlopidae snake species commonly called the African …

Schlegel’s Beaked blind snake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Schlegel’s Beaked blind snake

Afrotyphlops schlegelii (Bianconi, 1849)

Afrotyphlops schlegelii is a blind snake species with three color phases found a…

Beaked Blind Snake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Beaked Blind Snake

Grypotyphlops acutus (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)

Grypotyphlops acutus is a harmless endemic blind snake species, the only member …

Reticulate Worm Snake
Animalia Typhlopidae

Reticulate Worm Snake

Amerotyphlops reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Amerotyphlops reticulatus, the reticulate worm snake, is a Typhlopidae snake fou…

Black-headed Python
Animalia Pythonidae

Black-headed Python

Aspidites melanocephalus (Krefft, 1864)

Aspidites melanocephalus is an Australian oviparous snake with a distinct black …

Woma Python
Animalia Pythonidae

Woma Python

Aspidites ramsayi (Macleay, 1882)

Aspidites ramsayi is a Australian python species that is oviparous and grows to …

Spotted Python
Animalia Pythonidae

Spotted Python

Antaresia maculosa (Peters, 1873)

Antaresia maculosa, the spotted python, is the largest and oldest species of the…

Children's Python
Animalia Pythonidae

Children's Python

Antaresia childreni (Gray, 1842)

Antaresia childreni (Children's python) is a small Australian python with a dist…

Indian Python
Animalia Pythonidae

Indian Python

Python molurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Python molurus, the Indian rock python, is a non-venomous python native to most …

African Rock Python
Animalia Pythonidae

African Rock Python

Python sebae (Gmelin, 1789)

This is a detailed description of Python sebae, the Central African rock python,…

Ball Python
Animalia Pythonidae

Ball Python

Python regius (Shaw, 1802)

Python regius, the ball python, is a non-biting African snake popular in the pet…

Malaysian Blood Python
Animalia Pythonidae

Malaysian Blood Python

Python brongersmai Stull, 1938

Python brongersmai is a nonvenomous python species native to the forests and swa…

Southern African Python
Animalia Pythonidae

Southern African Python

Python natalensis Smith, 1840

This is a description of the Southern African rock python, Python natalensis, co…

Burmese Python
Animalia Pythonidae

Burmese Python

Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820

Python bivittatus, the Burmese python, is a large non-venomous snake native to S…

Carpet Python
Animalia Pythonidae

Carpet Python

Morelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804)

Morelia spilota is a large Australian and New Guinean python species with variab…