Blotched blind snake
Afrotyphlops congestus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Reptiles
The blotched blind snake is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. It is distributed from eastern Nigeria through much of Middle Africa to Uganda. It is a fossorial species that occurs in humid forests, and particularly in the east, in gallery forests. It feeds on ants and termites.
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Typhlopidae
- Genus
- Afrotyphlops