page_title: List of snakes of South Asia
section_title: Family Typhlopidae
hierarchical_section_title: List of snakes of South Asia / Family Typhlopidae
caption_attribution_description: Taken near Ho Chung, Sai Kung.
context_page_description: The following is a list of snakes of South Asia, primarily covering the region covered by mainland India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains. All families are covered except for the Colubridae which is found here.This forms part of the complete list of reptiles of South Asia. South Asia and India in particular have the highest number of snake species in the world.
  Order Squamata - suborder Serpents
context_section_description: Brahminy Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus) Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  Slender blind snake (Typhlops porrectus) Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
  Giant blind snake (Typhlops diardii) Northeast India, Bangladesh, China, Indo-China, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay region
  Pied blind snake (Typhlops leucomelas) Sri Lanka
  Jan's blind snake (Typhlops mirus) Sri Lanka
  Günther's blind snake (Typhlops pammeces Günther 1864)
  Typhlops exiguus
  Typhlops beddomii
  Typhlops andamanesis
  Rhinotyphlops acutus
  Ramphotyphlops exocoeti
  (Typhlops tindalli)
  (Typhlops thurstoni)
  (Typhlops tenuicollis)
  (Typhlops oligolepis)
  (Typhlops oatesii)
  (Typhlops meszoelyi)
  (Typhlops loveridgei)
  (Typhlops jerdoni)
  (Typhlops fletcheri)
caption: Common Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus)
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