Blind snake in AZ

you AZ people have all the fun

You guys should look up video of how they eat! IIRC, their lower jaw is the only one with teeth and they disarticulate it in a manner that looks like a front end loader scooping up soil. They also "musk" a pheromone that is calming to ants, which allows them to raid the nest for pupae.

You should have Rena (Leptotyphlops) humilis - western blind snake in the PHX area. I'm not near any of my guides so I forget what their key is (it's scalation around the eyes. It i forget what count). This is one from NM with clear view of ocular scales for IDing.



They're simple snakes to keep. I've had luck with them and Brahminy thread snakes kept in coco fiber and fed termite pupae. I kept them in large restaurant store deli cups that I had to punch vent holes in; kept the brahminy thread for over a year before it somehow got out.

Wow Thank you for that info. I am going to have to look up feeding videos. My husband was asking me about keeping them. I just assumed it wasn't even possible. Not that I want to try anyway. lol

AZ and CO people have all the fun.. dagnabit... yall have hockey!!!

Oh that is so cool! I actually was just randomly reading about those earlier today. It's really neat that you get to see them in person.

Well I hope you get him this

Wrong type of snake there dave

That's a nice find and a very odd snake.

very cool-nice find!

I lost one of those in your neighborhood about 20 years ago. Maybe those are my great, great, great... grandbabies! My friend and I caught one over by the verde river when we were hunting the roads and brought it home. Tip: don't ever let one of those down in grass, you WILL lose it while you watch!