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