Snake family · Dwarf pipe snakes
Anomochilidae
Rare, primitive burrowing snakes of Southeast Asia.
About the Anomochilidae family
Dwarf pipe snakes are small, harmless, rarely collected burrowers that retain several primitive features and are of interest to scientists studying snake origins.
- Where they live
- Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo.
- How to recognize one
- Small, cylindrical, blunt-tailed burrowers; difficult to find or identify.
- Danger to people
- Harmless.
Species (2)
Genera in the Anomochilidae family
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