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By Adam Murray & Noah Pierce. Texas Blind Snake. Names of Species. The Texas Blind Snake Blind Snake Texas Thread Snake Texas Slender Blind Snake And Leptotyphlops dulcis. Description of the Texas Blind Snake. Pinkish-tan scales Big Surprise the Texas Blind Snake is Blind Worm like
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By Adam Murray & Noah Pierce Texas Blind Snake
Names of Species • The Texas Blind Snake • Blind Snake • Texas Thread Snake • Texas Slender Blind Snake • And Leptotyphlops dulcis
Description of the Texas Blind Snake • Pinkish-tan scales • Big Surprise the Texas Blind Snake is Blind • Worm like • Same size as a pencil • Black dot eyes • It Eats Larvae,pupae, and termites • 2 to 10 Inches long
Where the Texas Blind Snake can be found in Kansas The counties Include: Sumner, Harper, Barber, Comanche, Clark, Meade, Seward, Stevens and Morton.
Population • Current population is low and due to natural causes the Texas Blind Snake is fluctuating because their location often changes.
Habitat • Moist dirty-muddy areas with some rock. Most Texas Blind Snakes in Kansas are along the border of Oklahoma and Kansas where it is usually warmer.
Food Web • Decay<Maggots<Texas Blind Snake< Larger Birds< Badgers Badger Birds Texas Blind Snake Maggots Decay
Reason’s why Texas Blind Snake is on the Threatened List • They fluctuate from different areas • They can’t see • They are spread out so they can’t mate very easily
Reasons for Texas Blind Snake is on the Threatened List • Construction of the land • Getting eaten by birds
Biotic Potential • A female Texas blind snake lays 2:7 eggs in June or July then coils around them • In late summer the eggs hatch. • Texas Blind Snakes Live about 4 years.