Schmidt’s Blind Snake
- Afrotyphlops schmidti
- IUCN Status: Data Deficient
- Threat: harmless
- Venom/Toxin: none
- Trend: unconfirmed
General Information
Schmidt’s blind snake (Afrotyphlops schmidti, formerly Typhlops schmidti) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.
Fun Facts
Letheobia gracilis and other blind snakes are non-venomous, non-threatening, and play a beneficial role in controlling insect populations.
Conservation
Listed as Data Deficient on the basis that, although this species appears to have a wide range, nothing is known with certainty about its population status, ecological requirements or its exposure to any threats.
Distribtion & Habitat
A. schmidti is found in Angola, Zambia, and eastern and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
There is little information about the habitat and ecology of this savanna species (Broadley and Blaylock 2013). Presumably it is fossorial and an egg laying species. A specimen was collected in an old cassava field (former Miombo woodland) (Broadley and Blaylock 2013)
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- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Squamata
- Suborder: Serpentes
- Family: Typhlopidae
- Genus: Afrotyphlops
