7. South American Striped Blind Snake These snakes that burrow underground are also known as Brongersma’s worm snakes. They’re completely blind and live in Central and South America. Striped ...

The Texas blind snake (Rena dulcis) is a tiny, burrowing snake found in the southwestern United States. It has smooth, shiny pinkish brown scales and grows to about 7 to 11 inches (18 to 28 cm ...

On a Vietnam resort island, a new species was found near a research station’s dumpster. Poyarkov NA, Bragin AM, Nguyen TV ...

“This is a highly secretive snake that appears to have a fossorial (burrowing) lifestyle,” according to the study. The snake has a “glossy” exterior and relatively small head and ...

Once abundant in central Louisiana and east Texas, the harmless burrowing snakes now exist in only six isolated populations because of destruction of the longleaf pine forests where they live. “If the ...