Brahminy Blind Snake--Doing Well in Florida Lawns

Brahminy Blind Snake, Ramphotyphlops bramina, a tiny exotic doing well and breeding in Florida. It was introduced from Asia and is common in South Florida and established in sod nurseries. It does not need to mate to reproduce (parthenogenic)! It eats termites and ant larvae and lives mostly underground. This one came from Melbourne Beach, Florida--brought to me by one of the Rangers that works with me at the park. Cool.

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• Ramphotyphlops bramina
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• tiny black snake
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[XxstryaexX1]

what do they eat?

[Seaheart88]

@XxstryaexX1 they eat larval ants and termites

[Chriskaercher]

I flipped over a rock today and there were like 5 that just shot into the ground.

[mistymclees]

My son found one today and he's considering keeping it i think i liked the 6 foot red tail boa better....:-)

[MegaBhatti1987]

@Seaheart88 i am so happy!! i found one of these!! where to find ants larva? lol i am serious..i am thinking of adopting it!!

[theVcam]

that looks like a black worm lol

[AliCat371]

Ahhh! look at it's little tongue flicking! It's so cute!

[TakingU2Skool]

thread snake doing fine in Tucson, Arizona i found 3 scared to touch it dint quite know if it was poisonous so i still dont touch it lol late at night seen it at a ant hole

[MsSneakerlover]

Cool

[saranya0409]

R u sure it isn a worn??....cause there was one in my bathroom too and it really freaked me out!!!...but this happened in india though!!

[iruss71]

@MsLilna123 We have lots of them in our yard, but they are usually in the ground..

Not dangerous at all, and one of them was about 8 inches long!

More like a legless lizard....

[binashraf]

@MsLilna123 ur fake