Leptotyphlops humilis - Blind Snake

This species resembles like an earthworm and lives on the underground in burrows under the surface of every continent except Antarctica. Unlike earthworms, blind snakes have backbones and tiny scales. It has no use for vision because its eyes are mostly vestigial. The snake's skull is thick to permit burrowing, and it has a spine at the end of its tail that it uses for leverage. Its length is usually less than 30 cm and is as thin as an earthworm. The western blind snake is pink, brown, shiny, purple, cylindrical and blunt at both ends, and has light-detecting black eyespots. This species and its family are fluorescent under low frequency ultraviolet light or black light.