| Indotyphlops braminus
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| Brahminy blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus)
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Reptilia
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| Order:
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Squamata
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| Suborder:
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Serpentes
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| Family:
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Typhlopidae
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| Genus:
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Indotyphlops
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| Species:
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I. braminus
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| Binomial name
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Indotyphlops braminus
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| Synonyms
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- Eryx braminus
Daudin, 1803
- [Tortrix] Russelii
Merrem, 1820
- Typhlops braminus
— Cuvier, 1829
- Typhlops Russeli
— Schlegel, 1839
- Argyrophis truncatus
Gray, 1845
- Argyrophis Bramicus
Gray, 1845
- Eryx Bramicus
— Gray, 1845
- Tortrix Bramicus
— Gray, 1845
- Onychocephalus Capensis
A. Smith, 1846
- Ophthalmidium tenue
Hallowell, 1861
- T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) inconspicuus
Jan, 1863
- T[yphlops]. (Typhlops) accedens
Jan, 1863
- T[yphlops]. accedens
— Jan & Sordelli, 1864
- Typhlops (Typhlops) euproctus Boettger, 1882
- Typhlops bramineus
A.B. Meyer, 1887
- Tortrix russellii
— Boulenger, 1893
- Typhlops russellii
— Boulenger, 1893
- Typhlops braminus
— Boulenger, 1893
- Typhlops accedens
— Boulenger, 1893
- Typhlops limbrickii
Annandale, 1906
- Typhlops braminus var. arenicola
Annandale, 1906
- [Typhlops braminus] var. pallidus
Wall, 1909
- Typhlops microcephalus
F. Werner, 1909
- Glauconia braueri
Sternfeld, 1910
- [Typhlops] braueri
— Boulenger, 1910
- Typhlopidae braminus
— Roux, 1911
- Typhlops fletcheri
Wall, 1919
- Typhlops braminus braminus — Mertens, 1930
- Typhlops braminus
— Nakamura, 1938
- Typhlops pseudosaurus
Dryden & Taylor, 1969
- Typhlina (?) bramina
— McDowell, 1974
- Ramphotyphlops braminus
— Nussbaum, 1980
- Indotyphlops braminus
— Hedges et al., 2014
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Indotyphlops braminus, commonly known as the brahminy blind snake and other names, is a non-venomous blind snake species, found mostly in Africa and Asia, and has been introduced in many other parts of the world. It is a completely fossorial (i.e., burrowing) reptile, with habits and appearance similar to an earthworm, for which it is often mistaken and shares convergent evolution with, although close examination reveals tiny scales and eyes rather than the annular segments characteristic of a true earthworm. The species is parthenogenetic and all known specimens have been female. The specific name is a Latinized form of the word Brahmin. No subspecies are currently recognized as being valid.