blindsnakes
Sightless subterranean serpents
Blindsnakes are small, burrowing snakes with tiny, nearly useless eyes covered by scales—hence the name.
They resemble earthworms and spend most of their lives underground, feeding on ants and termites.
Found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, they're harmless and rarely seen.
Also called worm snakes or thread snakes.
Lacking organs of vision
- sightlessUnable to perceive visually
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
tiny · wormlike · rudimentary · reduced · miniature · translucent · pinkish · iridescent
Digging underground passages
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- soilGround matter for planting
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
- earthwormsSoil-dwelling segmented invertebrates
excavation · subsoil · loam · humus · rootlets · galleries · moisture · tropical
Scaled reptile order
- reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
- herpetologyStudy of reptiles, amphibians
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
family · genus · endemic · tropical · subtropical · distribution
One who tunnels underground
- secretiveInclined to conceal
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- parthenogenesisDevelopment from unfertilized ova
- oviparousReproducing through external eggs
clutch · eggs · solitary · defensive · coiling · musk · camouflage · introduced
In earliest form
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- basalOf the foundation
- ancientVery old indeed
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
fossil · adaptation · vestigial · divergence · lineage · speciation · morphology · relict
eyeless
Lacking organs of vision
- sightlessUnable to perceive visually
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
cylindrical · tiny · wormlike · rudimentary · reduced · miniature · translucent · pinkish · iridescent · slender
tunneling
Digging underground passages
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- soilGround matter for planting
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
earthworms · excavation · subsoil · loam · humus · rootlets · galleries · moisture · tropical · secretive
squamata
Scaled reptile order
- reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
- herpetologyStudy of reptiles, amphibians
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
classification · family · genus · endemic · tropical · subtropical · distribution
burrower
One who tunnels underground
- secretiveInclined to conceal
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- parthenogenesisDevelopment from unfertilized ova
oviparous · clutch · eggs · solitary · defensive · coiling · musk · camouflage · introduced · commensal
primitive
In earliest form
phylogeny · fossil · adaptation · vestigial · divergence · lineage · speciation · morphology · relict · evolutionary
blindsnakesconstrictors
Snakes killing by compression
anacondas · king cobra · pythons · boas · pit vipers
blindsnakespit vipers
Venomous snakes with heat-sensing organs
cobras · mambas · boomslang · king cobra