Photo of a Guinea Blind Snake (Afrotyphlops liberiensis)
Photo: Marius Burger, CC0, via iNaturalist

Guinea Blind Snake

Afrotyphlops liberiensis

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Other
Family
Typhlopidae
Genus
Afrotyphlops
Continents
Africa
Countries
6
How common
Rare

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About

Guinea Blind Snake (Afrotyphlops liberiensis) is a non-venomous snake of the family Typhlopidae, found in Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia and 1 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 8 more. Rare: recorded in only 2 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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