''Namibiana occidentalis'', also known as the western threadsnake or western worm snake, is a species of

snake Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have s ...

in the family

Leptotyphlopidae The Leptotyphlopidae (commonly called slender blind snakes or thread snakes) are a family of small snakes found in North America, South America, Africa and Asia. All are fossorial and adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites. Two subfa ...

.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). It is found in Namibia and north-western South Africa.

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Namibiana Snakes of Africa Reptiles of Namibia Reptiles of South Africa Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons Reptiles described in 1962 {{Scolecophidia-stub