Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Australia
48
No. 2
Indonesia
19
No. 3
Congo-Kinshasa
18
No. 4
Tanzania
18
No. 5
Philippines
14
No. 6
India
13
No. 7
Kenya
13
No. 8
Cuba
12
No. 9
Madagascar
11
No. 10
Haiti
10
No. 11
Papua New Guinea
10
No. 12
Thailand
10
No. 13
Cameroon
9
No. 14
Central African Republic
9
No. 15
Somalia
9
No. 16
Angola
8
No. 17
Dominican Republic
8
No. 18
Guinea
8
No. 19
Malaysia
8
No. 20
Sri Lanka
8
No. 21
Brazil
7
No. 22
Ethiopia
7
No. 23
Myanmar
7
No. 24
Botswana
6
No. 25
Congo-Brazzaville
6
No. 26
Mozambique
6
No. 27
Nigeria
6
No. 28
Puerto Rico
6
No. 29
South Africa
6
No. 30
Uganda
6
No. 31
Zimbabwe
6
No. 32
Cambodia
5
No. 33
Gabon
5
No. 34
Ghana
5
No. 35
Liberia
5
No. 36
Pakistan
5
No. 37
Solomon Islands
5
No. 38
Zambia
5
No. 39
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
4
No. 40
Burundi
4
No. 41
China
4
No. 42
Equatorial Guinea
4
No. 43
Iran
4
No. 44
Ivory Coast
4
No. 45
Laos
4
No. 46
Namibia
4
No. 47
Nepal
4
No. 48
Rwanda
4
No. 49
Singapore
4
No. 50
South Sudan
4
No. 51
Venezuela
4
No. 52
Vietnam
4
No. 53
Bahamas
3
No. 54
Bangladesh
3
No. 55
Bhutan
3
No. 56
Colombia
3
No. 57
Eswatini
3
No. 58
Guyana
3
No. 59
Honduras
3
No. 60
Malawi
3
No. 61
Peru
3
No. 62
Sao Tome & Principe
3
No. 63
Sierra Leone
3
No. 64
Togo
3
No. 65
Afghanistan
2
No. 66
Bolivia
2
No. 67
Cayman Islands
2
No. 68
Chad
2
No. 69
East Timor
2
No. 70
Eritrea
2
No. 71
French Guiana [France]
2
No. 72
Guatemala
2
No. 73
Iraq
2
No. 74
Israel
2
No. 75
Jordan
2
No. 76
Lesotho
2
No. 77
Mali
2
No. 78
Mexico
2
No. 79
Micronesia
2
No. 80
New Caledonia [France]
2
No. 81
Niger
2
No. 82
Senegal
2
No. 83
Sudan
2
No. 84
Surinam
2
No. 85
Taiwan
2
No. 86
Trinidad & Tobago
2
No. 87
Turkey
2
No. 88
Turks & Caicos Islands
2
No. 89
Albania
1
No. 90
American Samoa [USA]
1
No. 91
Antigua & Barbuda
1
No. 92
Argentina
1
No. 93
Armenia
1
No. 94
Azerbaijan
1
No. 95
Belize
1
No. 96
Benin
1
No. 97
Bonin Islands [Japan]
1
No. 98
Brunei
1
No. 99
Bulgaria
1
No. 100
Burkina Faso
1
No. 101
Christmas Island [Australia]
1
No. 102
Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Australia]
1
No. 103
Comoro Islands
1
No. 104
Costa Rica
1
No. 105
Cyprus
1
No. 106
Dominica
1
No. 107
Ecuador
1
No. 108
Egypt
1
No. 109
Fiji
1
No. 110
Gambia
1
No. 111
Georgia
1
No. 112
Greece
1
No. 113
Grenada
1
No. 114
Guadeloupe [France]
1
No. 115
Guam [USA]
1
No. 116
Guinea-Bissau
1
No. 117
Jamaica
1
No. 118
Japan
1
No. 119
Lebanon
1
No. 120
Macedonia
1
No. 121
Maldives
1
No. 122
Marshall Islands
1
No. 123
Mauritania
1
No. 124
Montenegro
1
No. 125
Montserrat [United Kingdom]
1
No. 126
Nicaragua
1
No. 127
Northern Mariana Islands
1
No. 128
Palau
1
No. 129
Paraguay
1
No. 130
Russia
1
No. 131
Saint Barthelemy [France]
1
No. 132
Saint Kitts & Nevis
1
No. 133
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
1
No. 134
Seychelles
1
No. 135
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
1
No. 136
Syria
1
No. 137
Tajikistan
1
No. 138
Turkmenistan
1
No. 139
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
1
No. 140
Uzbekistan
1
No. 141
Yemen
1