The largest in a primitive group of snakes. They are usually totally blind as they are predominantly subterranean in their search for invertebrates

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The largest in a primitive group of snakes. They are usually totally blind as they are predominantly subterranean in their search for invertenrates, especially termites. The Lineolate Blind Snake has an oddly disjunted distribution is East Africa.

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Location: Katavi National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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