Who else has found a Brahminy Blind Snake?

[Creekside]

The Brahminy Blind Snake, also known as the Flower Pot Snake, is a native of SE Asia. This tiny snake, which is typically about 5" long and can easily be mistaken for a worm, was only known to be in isolated populations in Florida a few years ago - likely stowaways in containers of exported Asian botanicals. That's how I figured I had them at our old nursery. They tend to be shiny, dark brown to black to purplish, with a tiny little tongue and reproducing asexually, so just one can create a population. I find them quite often at home and the farm, which is not a surprise, but Joe found one on a sidewalk at Venice High School recently. So just how common are they now? Who else has found one?

[Kris]

Nice information but i want to know wheather its bite is poisonus ? And i don't like snakes.

love,

kris

[Creekside]

Kris, they are not poisonous. They eat termites and other small insects, which makes me like them even more, plus they're cute as a button.

[ThunderSRQ]

Here's the one I recently found -- which is the cool lavender color:

And, as Catherine had pointed out, I really think these little guys are a beneficial "nuisance exotic" since they feed on termites (other than the one "donated" to my yard by Catherine, I've found two of these -- both in pots that came from cfkingfish -- so I'm wondering how many of these things he's got crawling around his place...)

They are VERY small and, if you don't happen to notice that that the "worm" you see is crawling like a snake (as opposed to the typical contracting/uncontracting earthworm movement) and/or don't find one of these cool lavender ones, most folks would not realize they have them.

[SunnyFl]

I'm glad I saw this thread! I wondered what these little guys were. On at least two occasions, I found a group of them right beneath old flower pots. They didn't move like worms and I assumed they were little baby black racers so I didn't want to disturb them.

But they're actually bitty little snakes, huh? Hope I see more of them around here. The lavender one is cool, btw.

[tjwalters]

Wow...those ARE small. I've not found any of those - I wonder how far north they range - but I do occasionally find eastern worm snakes, which seem to be just a bit larger judging from the photos. Cute little buggers.

[Creekside]

I found something online about them being in Ohio. (!) I was also told that they change in color from lavender to black.

[Kris]

Thanks for the information friends...

[Al in Kona]

We do have these beneficial tiny snakes in Hawaii, so I guess truthfully, we have to admit now that there are snakes in Hawaii, but not really (at least snakes that don't look like worms!).