Zambezi blind snake
A species of Afrotyphlops Scientific name : Afrotyphlops mucruso Genus : Afrotyphlops
Zambezi blind snake, A species of Afrotyphlops
Scientific name: Afrotyphlops mucruso
Genus: Afrotyphlops
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Description General Info
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Description
Afrotyphlops mucruso is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.
General Info
Lifespan
7-11 years
Diet
Zambezi blind snake is an insectivorous species with a diet primarily composed of ants and termites. The creature employs its specialized jaws to crush and consume its hard-bodied prey, relying heavily on its acute tactile senses to locate food.
Appearance
Zambezi blind snake is a slender, worm-like creature with smooth, slightly glossy scales. It exhibits a uniform muddy-brown coloration from its blunt snout to the tip of its short, stubby tail. It lacks external eyes, instead having small, dark scale-covered spots in their place. There are no significant differences in appearance based on age, gender, or subspecies.
Behavior
Zambezi blind snake exhibits distinctly solitary and fossorial behavior, spending most of its time burrowed underground. Remarkably, it navigates subterranean environments using non-visual sensors to track prey, usually termites. It exhibits limited territorial behavior due to a predominantly subterranean lifestyle in harsh, arid habitats where it avoids dehydration using specialized skin adaptations.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Reptiles Order
Lizards and snakes Family
Blind snakes Genus
Afrotyphlops Species
Zambezi blind snake 
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