Blind snake (typhlopidae) Blind snakes, blind snakes, also known as hooks, produced in Taiwan in the shape of the smallest snakes, body length not exceeding 20 cm, a cylindrical, the shape of worms, so called "worm snake." Small head was semicircular, and difficult to distinguish the neck, eyes sensitive to degenerate into a very small and the focus was the black spots. There is a ditch nose scales will be divided into two semi-nasal scales. Body scales 20. Short tail was blunt. Body dark brown or brown roughly. Snake purpose of a subject, is the world's smallest snake. Non-toxic, takes the shape of a cylindrical, similar thickness from start to finish, tail short, the whole body is the same size, the round imbricate scales, there is no differentiation of ventral scales. 3 is more than 160 known species, widely distributed in Central America, South America, West Indies, southern Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australia, and tropical warm temperate regions. Habits Blind snakes live in rotten wood under stones and leaves the heap, garbage and crevices and other dark, moist room at night and will go to the ground after the rain event, quick action. Termites, ants or other small invertebrates. Oviparous, line parthenogenesis, not males. Low altitude areas in the province are distributed, the number can still be. Species and Distribution
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Blind snake (Typhlopidae)
Blind Snake Branch (Typhlopidae) about 150 species of small, camp life in the cave of snakes. Eye degradation, hidden under the head scales. Mostly blind snake genus (Typhlops), distribution of most tropical regions. Predator of small invertebrates, mainly ants and termites, and some types of the body for up to 75 cm (30 inches), but much less than 20 centimeters (8 inches). Head blunt; body is cylindrical, smooth, shiny; tail blunt end was short spines; teeth small, usually only found on the palate. Blind snake species can sometimes known as creeping snakes, but for some creep in the name of the snake Colubridae species similar to that for more properly. Small blind snake families (Leptotyphlopidae) said linear slender blind snakes or snake; produced in Africa and tropical America; outside the seemingly blind snake, a total of 60 species; a well-developed pelvis and the femur; on both sides with some kind of external anal claws. Venezuela Leptotyphlopsmacrolepis the largest body of up to 30 cm (12 inches), most snakes are creeping in length from 10 to 17 cm (4 to 7 inches). Snake creeping insects (mainly ants and termites) of the larvae for food. Some species lay their eggs inside the termite, termite holes to protect the snake eggs and provide food for the baby snake. Leptotyphlops slender blind snakes of the genus Blind snakes, blind snakes, also known as hooks, produced in Taiwan in the shape of the smallest snakes, body length not exceeding 20 cm, a cylindrical, the shape of worms, so called "worm snake." Small head was semicircular, and difficult to distinguish the neck, eyes sensitive to degenerate into a very small and the focus was the black spots. There is a ditch nose scales will be divided into two semi-nasal scales. Body scales 20. Short tail was blunt. Body dark brown or brown roughly. Snake purpose of a subject, is the world's smallest snake. Non-toxic, takes the shape of a cylindrical, similar thickness from start to finish, tail short, the whole body is the same size, the round imbricate scales, there is no differentiation of ventral scales. 3 is more than 160 known species, widely distributed in Central America, South America, West Indies, southern Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australia, and tropical warm temperate regions.
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Habits
Blind snakes live in rotten wood under stones and leaves the heap, garbage and crevices and other dark, moist room at night and will go to the ground after the rain event, quick action. Termites, ants or other small invertebrates. Oviparous, line parthenogenesis, not males. Low altitude areas in the province are distributed, the number can still be.
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Species and Distribution
There are 4 known in China: Kaohsiung blind snake, found only in Taiwan; the big blind snake, found in the Jinsha River in Yunnan Province and Hainan Island side of the body was found in 14 fully developed embryos; hook blind snake, widely distributed in the provinces south of the Yangtze River (area), known records for the most northern Yichang and Chongqing, 2 to 7 eggs, egg diameter of 12 mm × 4 mm; bald blind snake hooks distributed in Hong Kong. Undergraduate smaller snakes, giant snakes in Africa, the largest up to 750 mm, the general type of full-length 200 mm. Snout slightly flat. Eye hidden under the scales in the eyes, mouth small, ventral surface of the head. Tap on the jaw, and skull loose connection, a small number of teeth on which the students; premaxilla, palatine bone and pterygoid no teeth, a few species there is a lower jaw front teeth tooth bone. Conflict with the arch of the spine with a concave arch. The residual belt, or just a rod of bone, or completely degraded away. Only the right of the fallopian tubes. Most types of business to living in caves, or hidden in the masonry, tank □ under the rain to the surface activity. Earthworms, multi-footed, termites and other insects. Oviparous or ovoviviparous.