Worm snake

Weight

5 gsrc for Weight

Length

up to 23 cmsrc for Length

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

39 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

2 – 8src for Young per litter or clutch

Reproduction

Eggssrc for Reproduction

Active

At dawn and dusk (crepuscular)src for Active

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classReptilia
4. orderSquamata
5. familyTyphlopidae
6. genusIndotyphlops
7. SpeciesIndotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803)

Synonyms Argyrophis braminus, Argyrophis truncatus, Eryx braminus, Glauconia braueri, Onychocephalus capensis, Ophthalmidium tenue, Ramphotyphlops braminus, Ramphotyphlops braminus, Rhamphotyphlops braminus, Tortrix braminus, Tortrix russelii, Typhlina braminus, Typhlops accedens, Typhlops avoterminatus, Typhlops braminus, Typhlops braminus, Typhlops braminus arenicola, Typhlops braminus pallidus, Typhlops braminus var. arenicola, Typhlops braminus var. pallidus, Typhlops euproctus, Typhlops inconspicuus, Typhlops khoratensis, Typhlops limbrickii, Typhlops pseudosaurus, Typhlops russeli, Typhlops russeli, Virgotyphlops braminus

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidata

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• Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
  Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
• Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
  Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
• ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
  Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4
• SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
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@misc{worm_snake_2026,
  title = {Worm snake (Indotyphlops braminus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/worm-snake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}