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Texas Blind Snake

Rena dulcis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 195, February 187, March 241, April 662, May 423, June 167, July 108, August 111, September 132, October 141, November 183, December 177.
United States2,667
Texas2,214
Oklahoma324
Mexico69
New Mexico66
Kansas40
Arizona20
Nuevo Leon16
Tamaulipas14
Coahuila de Zaragoza12

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyThreadsnakes · Leptotyphlopidae
GenusRena

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