Snake family · Indo-Malayan blindsnakes
Gerrhopilidae
Tiny burrowing blindsnakes of South and Southeast Asia.
About the Gerrhopilidae family
Gerrhopilid blindsnakes are small, harmless, worm-like burrowers that feed on ant and termite brood, distinguished from other blindsnakes by fine details of their head scales.
- Where they live
- South and Southeast Asia and New Guinea.
- How to recognize one
- Worm-like and shiny, indistinguishable from other blindsnakes without close examination.
- Danger to people
- Harmless.
Species (3)
Genera in the Gerrhopilidae family
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