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

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Australia
 48
No. 2
Western Australia [Australia]
 30
No. 3
Indonesia
 19
No. 4
Queensland [Australia]
 19
No. 5
Congo-Kinshasa
 18
No. 6
Tanzania
 18
No. 7
Northern Territory [Australia]
 15
No. 8
Philippines
 14
No. 9
Hispaniola [Dominican Republic / Haiti]
 13
No. 10
India
 13
No. 11
Kenya
 13
No. 12
Cuba
 12
No. 13
Madagascar
 11
No. 14
Haiti
 10
No. 15
Papua New Guinea
 10
No. 16
Thailand
 10
No. 17
Cameroon
 9
No. 18
Central African Republic
 9
No. 19
New South Wales [Australia]
 9
No. 20
Somalia
 9
No. 21
Angola
 8
No. 22
Dominican Republic
 8
No. 23
Guinea
 8
No. 24
Malaysia
 8
No. 25
New Guinea [Indonesia / Papua New Guinea]
 8
No. 26
Solomon Archipelago [Papua New Guinea / Solomon Islands]
 8
No. 27
Sri Lanka
 8
No. 28
Brazil
 7
No. 29
Ethiopia
 7
No. 30
Luzon [Philippines]
 7
No. 31
Myanmar
 7
No. 32
Negros [Philippines]
 7
No. 33
Botswana
 6
No. 34
Bougainville [Papua New Guinea]
 6
No. 35
Congo-Brazzaville
 6
No. 36
Mozambique
 6
No. 37
Nigeria
 6
No. 38
North Solomon Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 6
No. 39
Puerto Rico
 6
No. 40
South Africa
 6
No. 41
Uganda
 6
No. 42
West Bengal [India]
 6
No. 43
West Malaysia [Malaysia]
 6
No. 44
Western New Guinea [Indonesia]
 6
No. 45
Zimbabwe
 6
No. 46
Borneo [Brunei / Indonesia / Malaysia]
 5
No. 47
Cambodia
 5
No. 48
Eastern New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]
 5
No. 49
Gabon
 5
No. 50
Ghana
 5
No. 51
Kalimantan [Indonesia]
 5
No. 52
Liberia
 5
No. 53
Pakistan
 5
No. 54
Solomon Islands
 5
No. 55
South Australia [Australia]
 5
No. 56
Zambia
 5
No. 57
Alagoas [Brazil]
 4
No. 58
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
 4
No. 59
Burundi
 4
No. 60
Ceara [Brazil]
 4
No. 61
Cebu [Philippines]
 4
No. 62
China
 4
No. 63
Equatorial Guinea
 4
No. 64
Guadalcanal [Solomon Islands]
 4
No. 65
Himachal Pradesh [India]
 4
No. 66
Ile de la Gonave [Haiti]
 4
No. 67
Iran
 4
No. 68
Ivory Coast
 4
No. 69
Karnataka [India]
 4
No. 70
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
 4
No. 71
Laos
 4
No. 72
Limpopo [South Africa]
 4
No. 73
Meghalaya [India]
 4
No. 74
Nagaland [India]
 4
No. 75
Namibia
 4
No. 76
Nepal
 4
No. 77
Odisha [India]
 4
No. 78
Puerto Rican mainland [Puerto Rico]
 4
No. 79
Rwanda
 4
No. 80
Sarawak [Malaysia]
 4
No. 81
Singapore
 4
No. 82
South Sudan
 4
No. 83
Sumatra [Indonesia]
 4
No. 84
Torres Strait Islands [Australia]
 4
No. 85
Venezuela
 4
No. 86
Victoria [Australia]
 4
No. 87
Vietnam
 4
No. 88
Amazonas [Brazil]
 3
No. 89
Arunachal Pradesh [India]
 3
No. 90
Bahamas
 3
No. 91
Bahia [Brazil]
 3
No. 92
Bangka [Indonesia]
 3
No. 93
Bangladesh
 3
No. 94
Bhutan
 3
No. 95
Bihar [India]
 3
No. 96
Bismarck Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 97
Cabinda [Angola]
 3
No. 98
Chhattisgarh [India]
 3
No. 99
Colombia
 3
No. 100
Eswatini
 3
No. 101
Flores [Indonesia]
 3
No. 102
Gauteng [South Africa]
 3
No. 103
Goa [India]
 3
No. 104
Gujarat [India]
 3
No. 105
Guyana
 3
No. 106
Honduras
 3
No. 107
Hong Kong [China]
 3
No. 108
Ile Grande Cayemite [Haiti]
 3
No. 109
Kai Islands [Indonesia]
 3
No. 110
Kerala [India]
 3
No. 111
Komodo [Indonesia]
 3
No. 112
Madhya Pradesh [India]
 3
No. 113
Maharashtra [India]
 3
No. 114
Malawi
 3
No. 115
Maranhao [Brazil]
 3
No. 116
Masbate [Philippines]
 3
No. 117
Mpumalanga [South Africa]
 3
No. 118
New Britain [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 119
Nias [Indonesia]
 3
No. 120
Northern Cape [South Africa]
 3
No. 121
Nosy Be [Madagascar]
 3
No. 122
Paraiba [Brazil]
 3
No. 123
Pernambuco [Brazil]
 3
No. 124
Peru
 3
No. 125
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
 3
No. 126
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 3
No. 127
Salawati [Indonesia]
 3
No. 128
Samar [Philippines]
 3
No. 129
Sao Tome & Principe
 3
No. 130
Seram [Indonesia]
 3
No. 131
Sierra Leone
 3
No. 132
Sikkim [India]
 3
No. 133
Sulawesi [Indonesia]
 3
No. 134
Sumbawa [Indonesia]
 3
No. 135
Tamil Nadu [India]
 3
No. 136
Togo
 3
No. 137
Uttarakhand [India]
 3
No. 138
Zanzibar [Tanzania]
 3
No. 139
Afghanistan
 2
No. 140
Ambon [Indonesia]
 2
No. 141
Andaman & Nicobar Islands [India]
 2
No. 142
Andaman Islands [India]
 2
No. 143
Andhra Pradesh [India]
 2
No. 144
Assam [India]
 2
No. 145
Babuyan Islands [Philippines]
 2
No. 146
Bacan [Indonesia]
 2
No. 147
Bioko [Equatorial Guinea]
 2
No. 148
Bolivia
 2
No. 149
Buton [Indonesia]
 2
No. 150
Cayman Islands
 2
No. 151
Chad
 2
No. 152
Con Dao Islands [Vietnam]
 2
No. 153
Darjeeling [India]
 2
No. 154
Delhi [India]
 2
No. 155
East Timor
 2
No. 156
Eastern Cape [South Africa]
 2
No. 157
Eritrea
 2
No. 158
Exuma Cays [Bahamas]
 2
No. 159
Fraser Island [Australia]
 2
No. 160
Free State [South Africa]
 2
No. 161
French Guiana [France]
 2
No. 162
Guatemala
 2
No. 163
Hainan [China]
 2
No. 164
Halmahera [Indonesia]
 2
No. 165
Iraq
 2
No. 166
Israel
 2
No. 167
Jammu & Kashmir [India]
 2
No. 168
Java [Indonesia]
 2
No. 169
Jharkhand [India]
 2
No. 170
Jordan
 2
No. 171
Kabaena [Indonesia]
 2
No. 172
Lesotho
 2
No. 173
Lombok [Indonesia]
 2
No. 174
Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]
 2
No. 175
Madura [Indonesia]
 2
No. 176
Mali
 2
No. 177
Mare [New Caledonia]
 2
No. 178
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
 2
No. 179
Mexico
 2
No. 180
Micronesia
 2
No. 181
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
 2
No. 182
Mindanao [Philippines]
 2
No. 183
Misool [Indonesia]
 2
No. 184
New Caledonia [France]
 2
No. 185
New Ireland [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 186
Niger
 2
No. 187
North West Province [South Africa]
 2
No. 188
Palestine [Israel]
 2
No. 189
Panay [Philippines]
 2
No. 190
Para [Brazil]
 2
No. 191
Penida [Indonesia]
 2
No. 192
Rajasthan [India]
 2
No. 193
Sabah [Malaysia]
 2
No. 194
Sao Tome [Sao Tome & Principe]
 2
No. 195
Senegal
 2
No. 196
Seribuat Archipelago [Malaysia]
 2
No. 197
Sibuyan [Philippines]
 2
No. 198
Sudan
 2
No. 199
Sulu Islands [Philippines]
 2
No. 200
Sumba [Indonesia]
 2
No. 201
Surinam
 2
No. 202
Tablas [Philippines]
 2
No. 203
Taiwan
 2
No. 204
Ternate [Indonesia]
 2
No. 205
Tidore [Indonesia]
 2
No. 206
Timor [East Timor / Indonesia]
 2
No. 207
Tioman [Malaysia]
 2
No. 208
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
 2
No. 209
Trinidad & Tobago
 2
No. 210
Tripura [India]
 2
No. 211
Turkey
 2
No. 212
Turks & Caicos Islands
 2
No. 213
Uttar Pradesh [India]
 2
No. 214
Vieques [Puerto Rico]
 2
No. 215
Weh [Indonesia]
 2
No. 216
West Timor [Indonesia]
 2
No. 217
Woodlark [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 218
Yunnan [China]
 2
No. 219
Acre [Brazil]
 1
No. 220
Admiralty Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 221
Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 222
Albania
 1
No. 223
Amami Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 224
Amapa [Brazil]
 1
No. 225
American Samoa [USA]
 1
No. 226
Anegada [British Virgin Islands]
 1
No. 227
Anjouan [Comoro Islands]
 1
No. 228
Ant Atoll [Micronesia]
 1
No. 229
Antigua [Antigua & Barbuda]
 1
No. 230
Antigua & Barbuda
 1
No. 231
Argentina
 1
No. 232
Argo-Saronic Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 233
Armenia
 1
No. 234
Aru Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 235
Aur [Malaysia]
 1
No. 236
Australian Capital Territory [Australia]
 1
No. 237
Azerbaijan
 1
No. 238
Bali [Indonesia]
 1
No. 239
Barbuda [Antigua & Barbuda]
 1
No. 240
Batanta [Indonesia]
 1
No. 241
Bazaruto [Mozambique]
 1
No. 242
Bazaruto Archipelago [Mozambique]
 1
No. 243
Belitung [Indonesia]
 1
No. 244
Belize
 1
No. 245
Benguerua [Mozambique]
 1
No. 246
Benin
 1
No. 247
Bernier Island [Australia]
 1
No. 248
Bohol [Philippines]
 1
No. 249
Bonin Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 250
Brunei
 1
No. 251
Bulgaria
 1
No. 252
Burkina Faso
 1
No. 253
Buru [Indonesia]
 1
No. 254
Caicos Islands [Turks & Caicos Islands]
 1
No. 255
Campeche [Mexico]
 1
No. 256
Cat Ba Island [Vietnam]
 1
No. 257
Cay Sal Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 258
Cayman Brac [Cayman Islands]
 1
No. 259
Chiapas [Mexico]
 1
No. 260
Chongqing [China]
 1
No. 261
Christmas Island [Australia]
 1
No. 262
Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Australia]
 1
No. 263
Comoro Archipelago [Comoro Islands / France]
 1
No. 264
Comoro Islands
 1
No. 265
Con Son [Vietnam]
 1
No. 266
Corfu [Greece]
 1
No. 267
Costa Rica
 1
No. 268
Culebra [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 269
Cyclades Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 270
Cyprus
 1
No. 271
Dalupiri (Babuyan Islands) [Philippines]
 1
No. 272
Dirk Hartog Island [Australia]
 1
No. 273
Dodecanese Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 274
Dominica
 1
No. 275
Dorre Island [Australia]
 1
No. 276
Ecuador
 1
No. 277
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 1
No. 278
Egypt
 1
No. 279
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
 1
No. 280
Euboea [Greece]
 1
No. 281
European Turkey [Turkey]
 1
No. 282
Fiji
 1
No. 283
Fujian [China]
 1
No. 284
Gambia
 1
No. 285
Georgia
 1
No. 286
Goias [Brazil]
 1
No. 287
Grand Cayman [Cayman Islands]
 1
No. 288
Grande Comoro [Comoro Islands]
 1
No. 289
Grande Terre (New Caledonia) [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 290
Great Inagua [Bahamas]
 1
No. 291
Great Inagua Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 292
Greece
 1
No. 293
Greek mainland [Greece]
 1
No. 294
Grenada
 1
No. 295
Grenada Island [Grenada]
 1
No. 296
Grenadines [Grenada / Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 297
Guadeloupe [France]
 1
No. 298
Guam [USA]
 1
No. 299
Guangdong [China]
 1
No. 300
Guangxi [China]
 1
No. 301
Guinea-Bissau
 1
No. 302
Guizhou [China]
 1
No. 303
Ha Long Bay Islands [Vietnam]
 1
No. 304
Haryana [India]
 1
No. 305
Hubei [China]
 1
No. 306
Hunan [China]
 1
No. 307
Ionian Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 308
Isla Alto Velo [Dominican Republic]
 1
No. 309
Isle of Pines [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 310
Izu Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 311
Jamaica
 1
No. 312
Japan
 1
No. 313
Jiangxi [China]
 1
No. 314
Krakatau Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 315
Lakshadweep [India]
 1
No. 316
Langkawi [Malaysia]
 1
No. 317
Langkawi Archipelago [Malaysia]
 1
No. 318
Lebanon
 1
No. 319
Lembata [Indonesia]
 1
No. 320
Lifou [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 321
Little Bahama Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 322
Macau [China]
 1
No. 323
Macedonia
 1
No. 324
Magaruque [Mozambique]
 1
No. 325
Maldives
 1
No. 326
Manus [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 327
Marajo Island [Brazil]
 1
No. 328
Marshall Islands
 1
No. 329
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
 1
No. 330
Mauritania
 1
No. 331
Miang Island [Indonesia]
 1
No. 332
Mindoro [Philippines]
 1
No. 333
Miyako Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 334
Mizoram [India]
 1
No. 335
Mona [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 336
Montenegro
 1
No. 337
Montserrat [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 338
Morotai [Indonesia]
 1
No. 339
Nan Ao Island [China]
 1
No. 340
Nevis [Saint Kitts & Nevis]
 1
No. 341
Nicaragua
 1
No. 342
Nicobar Islands [India]
 1
No. 343
North Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 344
Northern Mariana Islands
 1
No. 345
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 1
No. 346
Obi [Indonesia]
 1
No. 347
Okinawa Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 348
Palau
 1
No. 349
Paraguay
 1
No. 350
Parana [Brazil]
 1
No. 351
Peloponnese [Greece]
 1
No. 352
Pemba [Tanzania]
 1
No. 353
Piaui [Brazil]
 1
No. 354
Pohnpei [Micronesia]
 1
No. 355
Polillo [Philippines]
 1
No. 356
Postiljon Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 357
Praslin [Seychelles]
 1
No. 358
Principe [Sao Tome & Principe]
 1
No. 359
Puebla [Mexico]
 1
No. 360
Punjab [India]
 1
No. 361
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
 1
No. 362
Rennell [Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 363
Rhodes [Greece]
 1
No. 364
Riau Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 365
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
 1
No. 366
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
 1
No. 367
Rolas Island [Sao Tome & Principe]
 1
No. 368
Rondonia [Brazil]
 1
No. 369
Roraima [Brazil]
 1
No. 370
Rottnest Island [Australia]
 1
No. 371
Russia
 1
No. 372
Ryukyu Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 373
Saint Barthelemy [France]
 1
No. 374
Saint Croix [U.S. Virgin Islands]
 1
No. 375
Saint Kitts [Saint Kitts & Nevis]
 1
No. 376
Saint Kitts & Nevis
 1
No. 377
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
 1
No. 378
Sakishima Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 379
Sangir [Indonesia]
 1
No. 380
Sangir Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 381
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
 1
No. 382
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
 1
No. 383
Saparua [Indonesia]
 1
No. 384
Satsunan Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 385
Selayar [Indonesia]
 1
No. 386
Selayar Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 387
Sergipe [Brazil]
 1
No. 388
Seychelles
 1
No. 389
Seychelles inner islands [Seychelles]
 1
No. 390
Shek Kwu Chau Island [China]
 1
No. 391
Sibu [Malaysia]
 1
No. 392
Sichuan [China]
 1
No. 393
Sinai [Egypt]
 1
No. 394
Siquijor [Philippines]
 1
No. 395
Socotra [Yemen]
 1
No. 396
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
 1
No. 397
Sporades Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 398
Syria
 1
No. 399
Tabasco [Mexico]
 1
No. 400
Tajikistan
 1
No. 401
Talaud Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 402
Tanimbar Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 403
Tobago [Trinidad & Tobago]
 1
No. 404
Tocantins [Brazil]
 1
No. 405
Tokara Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 406
Trobriand Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 407
Turkmenistan
 1
No. 408
Turks Islands [Turks & Caicos Islands]
 1
No. 409
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
 1
No. 410
Ulithi Atoll [Micronesia]
 1
No. 411
Union Island [Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 412
Uzbekistan
 1
No. 413
Veracruz [Mexico]
 1
No. 414
Western Cape [South Africa]
 1
No. 415
Wetar [Indonesia]
 1
No. 416
Yaeyama Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 417
Yamdena [Indonesia]
 1
No. 418
Yap State [Micronesia]
 1
No. 419
Yemen
 1
No. 420
Yucatan [Mexico]
 1
No. 421
Zhejiang [China]
 1