Photo: Savvas Zotos
Photo: Savvas Zotos
Typhlops vermicularis
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Typhlopidae
Very small species with size not exceeding 30-35cm. It belongs to the family Typhlopidae and can be considered as almost blind. It has two very small eyes (like dark dots), with which it is able to detect only fluctuations of light. Its pink or beige color, in combination with its shape, makes it resemble an earthworm but it can be easily identified as a snake because of its scales, its movements and its two small eyes.
It lives in underground burrows that it manufactures by itself, both in arable lands and wastelands. Usually detected during the spring, beneath stones. It feeds on ants and termites along with their eggs. Little is known about its reproduction. It leys 4-8 eggs in each clutch.
From the coast until 600m altitude.
Balkans, Caucasus, Turkey, Middle East, East Asia.
Aglyphous - Non venomous
Common
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