Very strange super tiny snake in Vietnam

At first glance, many people will mistakenly think that they are mature earthworms, until the characteristic double-edged tongue of a snake makes them startled. They are actually a snake with all the solid features of the snake: spine, scaly, and head raised when crawling.

They are snakes called worms , which can be found in many places in Vietnam, from the North to the South, even in big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. True to its name, worm worm has a very similar appearance to the common earthworm with round head, glossy brown. They often live on the ground, rubble or firewood.

You have to look very closely to realize that they are not worms, through the following characteristics: scaly and unburnt body, small eyes on the head, mouth open, and especially with The forked tongue is characteristic of snakes. If earthworms live on humus, the main food of the worm is ant eggs and termites.

Due to the habit of living in the soil, the snake's eyes are weakened , only a small spot has almost no vision effect (so many places call them blind snakes). Dark brown worms are similar to earthworms but darker.

Another strange feature of the worm is that they can reproduce without males . Earthworms produce about 8 eggs at a time, in this type of fertilization without fertilization, all eggs hatch are females.

This snake species is found throughout Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsula Malaysia, and Singapore. It is also recorded from Africa, the Middle East, and the rest of tropical Asia and parts of Asia with a temperate climate, islands in the Pacific and the Americas (Mexico, United States). ), Australia.

The number of these snakes is relatively small, probably due to the specific survival characteristics and the reproductive nature rather than the human activities.

Here are some pictures of strange snake worms:

The worm has a very similar appearance to the common earthworm.

The only difference is that they have scales .

And the unmistakable tongue of the snake.

Close-up of snake head worms.

Different from the round head like a worm head, the snake's tail is quite sharp.

Compared to regular snakes, they are actually a "tiny" snake.

An adult worm is only about 20cm long, smaller than a large earthworm.

This is a snake without venom.

Even with venom, they are harmless, because the mouth is too small and weak to damage the surface of the human skin.

Although widely distributed in Vietnam, worms are still quite rare species.