The Leptotyphlopidae (commonly called slender blind snakes or thread snakes) are a family of snakes found in North and South America, Africa, and Asia. All are fossorial and adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites. Two genera are recognized comprising 87 species. These relatively small snakes rarely exceed 30 cm in length; only Leptotyp...
Leptotyphlopidae is the 'Worm Snakes' family of reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (snakes). The members consist of about forty species in two genera native to the Americas, Africa and Asia as far east as India. The members are the smallest snakes, very slender and resembling worms. They live mainly in ant and termite nests where they feed largely ...
[n] - blind snakes
family Leptotyphlopidae noun blind snakes