Snakes of North America
FAMILY LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE (slender blind snakes)
This family of snakes is composed of 50 species in two families.They are generally regarded as the most primitive snakes, having
a pelvic girdle and vestiglial hind limbs. They have a single lung and
oviduct and are well adapted to their burrowing life style. They
feed exclusively on small invertebrates such as ant and
termite larvae. Leptotyphlopids are oviparous. There are
two species of this family in North America.
| Leptotyphlops dulcis | Texas Blind Snake | |
| Leptotyphlops humilis | Western Blind Snake |
