The wire snake is a small animal that lives in the soil. Because it is rare to see sunlight, it does not need eyesight. Although the wire snake has vision, the scales on its head are particularly developed to cover the eyes, so it is almost impossible to see. Therefore, the wire snake is also called the blind snake. However, its eyes still retain a certain light-sensing ability.

Now, let's take a look at the popular science introduction of the hooked blind snake.

I. Basic information

[Chinese name]Iron Snake

[Latin name] Calamaria pavimentata

【Alias】Blind Snake

【Kingdom】Animal Kingdom

【Domain】Chordate

【Class】Reptilian

【Order】Squamata

【Suborder】Seraphidae

【Family】Spermidae

【Genus】Seraphidae

[Species] Wire Snake

[Toxic] Non-toxic

2. Morphological characteristics

1. Body size: The wire snake is very small, only three or four inches long at most, and its body is as thick as an earthworm.

2. Body color: The back of the wire snake is brown and the abdomen is gray-brown.

3. Features: The body of the wire snake is particularly smooth. Ordinary snakes are smooth and soft when you touch them with your hands from the beginning to the end, but when you touch them from the bottom up, because of the relationship between scales and armor, they become covered with reverse scales. But the wire snakes are smooth and abnormal no matter how smooth they are, which is one of the reasons why they are called wire snakes.

3. Health

2. Diet: The wire snake mainly feeds on invertebrates such as worms and earthworms.

3. Reproduction: Wire snakes are viviparous snakes, they will produce in the soil, so farmers dig the soil, often digging down with a hoe, can dig out the whole nest of wire snakes.

IV. Ancient records

Xu Ming Dao Magazine said: There are small snakes in Huangzhou, the head and tail are similar, and they are called two-headed snakes. As far as I can see, its end cap is similar to that of the first. The natives say that the snake and the old earthworm are transformed, not very big. It is as big as a large worm, not like a snake, and very blunt. Also called mountain worm.

According to this description, it can be concluded that there is no problem with the wire snake.

The above is all the introduction about the wire snake. Those who want to know more about snakes are welcome to continue to pay attention to this site.