Unrecorded Snake
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Found On Efate
A small "blind" snake, of a species not previously recorded in the New Hebrides, was found near AAele on Efate recently by a German scientist, Mr. Heinrich Bregulla.
Mr. Bregulla, who has been col lecting birds for the Senckemberg Museum at Frankfurt, West Ger many, found the snake in rotting wood while looking for termites.
Although fully grown, the snake is only three inches long and thinner than an earthworm. It is non venemous and has such poor sight that it is thought that it can only distinguish between darkness and light.
"Blind" snakes occur in Australia and other parts of the South Pacific.