‘Widespread Expansion’ Of Secretive Blind Snake Is Being Registered All Over Malta… And Humans Are Making It Worse
The Brahminy blind snake is spreading across Malta, Gozo, and Comino. This non-native species is tiny and often goes unseen by people. Researchers including Arnold Sciberras, Alan Deidun, Mario Lo Valvo, and Francesco Paolo Faraone published a study on the matter. Their work shows that the snake is more widespread than previously known. The research indicates that human activity is making the expansion worse.
A tiny snake many people may have never seen is rapidly spreading all over Malta, Gozo and Comino… and researchers are only discovering now just how widespread it is. In newly-published scientific research conducted by Arnold Sciberras, Alan Deidun, Mario Lo Valvo and Francesco Paolo Faraone, the non-native Brahminy blind snake – locally known as … Continued •