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Old 07-18-2011, 02:18 AM   #1
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Flowerpot snake Ramphytophlops braminus

Moving a flowerpot in my yard in Fiji, and found, possibly predictably enough, a flowerpot snake Ramphytophlops braminus

These tiny guys look exactly like worms to the naked eye, but don't have a central "saddle" and move around in an unmistakably snake-like way instead of curling up into loops like an earthworm.

They are blind, but you can see vestigial eyes in the head shot, and for some reason I don't know, the tail ends in a tiny spike.

They eat ants and termites, so after the photo session I released him back into my garden.

My gardener still doesn't believe it's snake though....
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