What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Eurasian Blind Snake been recorded?

Xerotyphlops vermicularis occurrence evidence comes from 247 records in 13 countries and territories, from 1939 to 2026. Most records come from Turkmenistan.

Eurasian Blind Snake
Eurasian Blind Snake — Photo (display-sized rendition): ImagesFromBulgaria.com · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
SquamataTyphlopidaeXerotyphlops

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

247 records across 13 countries and territories, 1939–2026.

Xerotyphlops vermicularis · GBIF taxon key 9624852

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

2 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19392026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Eurasian Blind Snake has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Eurasian Blind Snake. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Turkmenistan 166
Türkiye 23
Iran 14
Greece 10
Russia 9
Cyprus 5
Israel 5
Bulgaria 4
Tajikistan 3
Egypt 2
Georgia 2
Iraq 2
Lebanon 2

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Others in the family Typhlopidae.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.