Goggle-eyed worm snake

The goggle-eyed worm snake (Leptotyphlops macrops) is a species of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.^[3][4][5] It lives entirely on the coast of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania in East Africa. It lives in savanna, forest, and artificial/terrestrial habitats. Its population is fragmented, their populations have extreme fluctuations, and are in decline. It was assessed on January 26, 2014 as conservation status Least Concern.^[6]

Goggle-eyed worm snake
Leptotyphlops macrops
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Leptotyphlops
Species:	L. macrops
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops macrops Broadley & Wallach, 1996
Goggle-eyed worm snake range (in green)
Synonyms[2]
Synonyms List Glauconia emini Sternfeld, 1908 Glauconia longicauda Angel, 1925 Leptotyphlops conjunctus conjunctus Spawls, 1978 Leptotyphlops nigricans Hallermann & Rödel, 1995 Leptotyphlops macrops Broadley & Wallach, 1996 Leptotyphlops macrops McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999 Leptotyphlops macrops Broadley & Wallach, 2007 Leptotyphlops macrops Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges, 2009 Leptotyphlops macrops Wallach, et al. 2014 Leptotyphlops macrops Spawls, et al. 2018