'the blind snake is a type of snake that lives most of its life underground feeding on ants,termites and their larvae they can grow to a size of 23inches biggest being recorded at 32' depending on the species to find their food they flick their tongue to pick up the scent of an ant or termite trail and follow it back to the nest where they rake the ants into their mouth using their upper jaw and swallow the food whole.
appearance:brown purplish colour on top and a light shade of pink on their belly they have a pointed tip on their tail which is a harmless spur.
'Ramphotyphlops nigrescens is a species of snake

Snake

Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...

 in the Typhlopidae

Typhlopidae

The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Australia and various islands. The rostral scale overhangs the mouth to form a shovel like burrowing structure. They live underground in burrows, and since...

family.