Thursday, November 30, 2017

CLAW SNOUTED BLIND SNAKE

Photographed on the road between Cairns and Mareeba, Queensland, November 2017
 64              CLAW SNOUTED BLIND SNAKE                    Ramphotyphlops unguirostris

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                 14

Known from widely scattered localities across the north-east and northern Australia. It is a burrowing snakes which feeds mainly on the lava and pupae of ants and termites.




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