#1520 · 🦎 reptiles
Brahminy Blindsnake
🇳🇱 Gewone wormslang ·Indotyphlops braminus
📍 Collier County, US-FL, US
📍 Almería, España
📍 5210 College Rd, Key West, FL 33040, USA
📍 Grand Cayman, West Bay, KY
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Toby · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Daniel Durán Arceo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Daniel Durán Arceo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Colin Chiu · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Claire Goiran · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Collier County, US-FL, US:© The.Green.Sphere · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Almería, España:© faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 5210 College Rd, Key West, FL 33040, USA:© Eric C. Maxwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. Grand Cayman, West Bay, KY:© ajmcg · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Indotyphlops braminus , commonly known as the brahminy blind snake and other names, is a nonvenomous blind snake species found mostly in Africa and Asia, but has been introduced in many other parts of the world. , burrowing) animals, with habits and appearance similar to earthworms, for which they are often mistaken, although close examination reveals tiny scales rather than the annular segments characteristic of true earthworms. The specific name is a latinized...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 10,025 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Brahminy Blindsnake
- Nederlands
- Gewone wormslang
- scientific name
- Indotyphlops braminus
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Typhlopidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 7
- sightings worldwide
- 10,025
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Typhlopidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 539844, Wikidata Q22299988, GBIF 9357542, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.