New species of Blind Snake discovered
A new species of Blind Snake has been discovered in Sri Lanka after 76 years.
This new species was discovered as a result of research in reptiles carried out over a long period of time.
This new Blind Snake was discovered in the Girithale area. Ten of the 108 species of snakes discovered in Sri Lanka are belonging to the Scolecophidia category. This category is called the Blind Snakes.
The Blind Snakes found in Sri Lanka represent the two genera Indotyphlops and Gerrhopilus.
The last time Sri Lanka discovered a new kind of Blind Snake was 76 years ago in 1947 in the Trincomalee area by Edward Tailor.
He unveiled information about five new species of Blind Snakes living in the vicinity of Trincomalee.
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