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Texas Blind Snake
(Leptotyphlops dulcis)

Texas Blind Snake

Family Leptotyphlopidae

Photo from Hammerson, 1986.
Used with permission.

Last Updated on January 20, 2000.

Texas Blind Snake (Leptotyphlops dulcis)   Range Map
Color Key
Description:
Adults 9" to 12" in length. Color dark brown, light brown, or pinkish. Somewhat resemble earthworms. Eyes vestigial, appearing as black spots only. No enlarged scales on underside of body.
Elevation Range:
Below 4500' in southeastern Colorado.
Subspecies in Colorado:
Leptotyphlops dulcis dissectus

Texas Blind Snake
(Leptotyphlops dulcis)
CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef.
Adams  Dolores  La Plata  Pitkin 
Alamosa  Douglas  Lake  Prowers 
Arapahoe  Eagle  Larimer  Pueblo 
Archuleta  El Paso  Las AnimasGAH11 Rio Blanco 
BacaH Elbert  Lincoln  Rio Grande 
Bent *  Fremont  Logan  Routt 
Boulder  Garfield  Mesa  Saguache 
Chaffee  Gilpin  Mineral  San Juan 
Cheyenne  Grand  Moffat  San Miguel 
Clear Creek  Gunnison  Montezuma  Sedgwick 
Conejos  Hinsdale  Montrose  Summit 
Costilla  Huerfano  Morgan  Teller 
Crowley  Jackson  Otero *  Washington 
Custer  Jefferson  Ouray  Weld 
Delta  Kiowa  Park  Yuma 
Denver  Kit Carson  Phillips 

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