Xerotyphlops syriacus (Jan, 1864) is a animal in the Typhlopidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Xerotyphlops syriacus (Jan, 1864)
Xerotyphlops syriacus, the Syrian/Levantine blind snake, is a nonvenomous fossorial insectivore found in parts of the Levant and Egypt.
Identify with AI — OfflineXerotyphlops syriacus, commonly called the Syrian blind snake or the Levantine blindsnake, is a nonvenomous snake species that belongs to the genus Xerotyphlops.
This species is distributed across Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the State of Palestine, Egypt, and Israel.
It is a fossorial (burrowing) insectivore, and its diet is made up of small ants and ant larvae.
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Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820)
Rhinotyphlops lalandei (Schlegel, 1839)
Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854)
Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803)
Amerotyphlops reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Grypotyphlops acutus (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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