Urungu Beaked Snake

About

Urungu Beaked Snake (Letheobia gracilis) is a non-venomous snake of the family Typhlopidae, found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical seasonal forest and 13 more. Rare: recorded in only 2 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Malawi
• Tanzania
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Habitats

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

• Tropical Rainforest
• Tropical Moist Forest
• Tropical Lowland Forest
• Tropical Seasonal Forest
• Evergreen Forest
• Woodland
• Open Woodland
• Savanna
• Tropical Savanna
• Underground Burrows
• Loose Soil
• Sandy Soil
• Leaf Litter
• Fallen Logs
• Termite Mounds
• Congo Basin Rainforest
• Miombo Woodland

Related snakes

• Weidholz's Pink Blindsnake Letheobia weidholzi
• Mann's Worm Snake (angeli) Letheobia angeli
• Haut-Oubangui Beaked Snake Letheobia rufescens
• Juba Gracile Blind-snake Letheobia jubana
• Ethiopian Blind Snake Letheobia somalica
• Gabon Beaked Snake Letheobia caeca
• Letheobia acutirostrata
• Sudan Beaked Snake Letheobia sudanensis
• Uluguru Gracile Blind-snake Letheobia uluguruensis
• Eritrean Blind Snake Letheobia erythraea
• Sternfeld's Beaked Snake Letheobia graueri
• Wormlike Beaked Snake Letheobia lumbriciformis