Western Blind Snake
Leptotyphlops humilis

• Order: Squamata
• Suborder: Serpentes
• Family: Leptotyphlopidae (Blind Snakes)
• Species: Leptotyphlops humilis (lep-toe-TIE-flops HYOO-mih-lis)
• Common English Name: Western Blind Snake
• Common Spanish Name: Culebrilla Ciega de Occidente

Leptotyphlops humilis. Photographer: Dr. Carl S. Lieb. El Paso, El Paso Co, TX. 5 July 1988.

Last Update: 15 Jul 2009