The blind snake has been included in the List of Beneficial or Important Economic and Scientific Research Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

The blind snake is often found in urban areas and farmland Infested, they live underground and in ant or termite nests. Blind snakes eat ant eggs when they are young, and ants when they are older. They also live in trees in moist forests. The habitat of the blind snake depends mainly on humidity and temperature. Blind hook snakes feed on ants and termites, as well as their eggs and larvae.