Leptotyphlops dulcis (Texas Blind Snake)
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PLAINS
BLIND SNAKE
Leptotyphlops dulcis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Dallas
Co.: Westmoreland at
Jefferson Blvd., 2 mi SE of Mansfield, and Dallas Nature Center near
Duncanville; Denton Co.: 18.3
S of Gainesville on FM 51 and Aubrey area;
Johnson Co.: 12.8
mi W of Rio Vista at Johnson Ranch; Parker
Co.: 3 mi E of Cresson, 3
mi N of Aledo near Mary's Creek, and 2.5 mi S of Aledo on FM 2376;
Tarrant Co.: Hillridge
Ct. in NW Arlington, near UTA campus, Lake Worth Park, 5 mi S of Azle,
Benbrook-Aledo Hills, and Briarwood in Arlington;
Wise Co.: Lyndon
B. Johnson Nat'l Grasslands NW of Decatur, 4 mi N of Decatur, .2 mi SW of
Flat Rock Cementary
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Denton, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: Western Cross
Timbers, Mesquite Grand Prairie, Fort Worth Prairie, Eastern Cross
Timbers, and Cedar-limestone Hills
SUBSPECIES: Plains
Blind Snake [L. d. dulcis (Baird & Girard, 1853)]
COMMENTS: The plains
blind snake is much more common than indicated by the observations.
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