Typhlopidae Malpolon monspessulanus Gloydius halys
Typhlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820
Worm Snake
T. vermicularis (© Jeroen Speybroeck)

Adult, Avantas, Greece, May 3, 2004
(Photo by Jeroen Speybroeck, Herpetofauna of Europe)
T. vermicularis (© Jeroen Speybroeck)

Adult, Maronia, Rhodopi, Greece, May 3, 2004
(Photo by Jeroen Speybroeck, Herpetofauna of Europe)
Distribution:
Southern Balkans; in the north from northern Albania to European Turkey; also on Dugi Otok (Croatia)
Similar species:
Blanus cinereus (Amphisbaenidae)
Blanus strauchi (Amphisbaenidae)
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