The species has also been recently placed in the typhlopid genera Typhlops and Typhlina see Wallach (2009) for a complete synonymy.

Following Wallach (2009), Typhlops khoratensis is considered a junior synonym of Indotyphlops braminus. Typhlops fletcheri has widely been treated as a junior synonym of Indotyphlops braminus, but examination of the holotype suggests that it is likely to represent a distinct species (A. Wynn pers. comm. to P. Uetz, in Uetz 2019). It is treated as valid (as I. fletcheri) without comment by Hedges et al. (2014), but as it has not been formally resurrected this account follows Pyron and Wallach (2014) in retaining it within I. braminus pending further taxonomic research.

European regional assessment: Not Applicable (NA)
EU 27 regional assessment: Not Applicable (NA)

The species is a recent (post-1500 CE) introduction to the European region, and is Not Applicable for the European Red List.

This species is introduced to the European region, where it is known from the Canary Islands (Spain).

It has been accidentally introduced to many of the warmer parts of the world, this species has the widest distribution of any terrestrial snake. Although it is thought to have probably originated from India or Southeast Asia, the Brahminy blind snake is now found in parts of Africa, Australia, North, Central and South America, southern and eastern Asia from the Arabian Peninsula to Japan, and on numerous islands of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is thought that it may eventually establish itself in the majority of the world’s tropical and subtropical areas (Vitt and Caldwell 2001, O'Shea 2007, Hellyer and Aspinall 2005, Halliday and Adler 2002, Ota et al. 1991, Lever 2003, Wallach 1999, Pauwels et al. 2004).

This species is native to Southeast Asia and considered to be the most successful disperser in the snake world and the most probable dispersal mechanism is in the root balls of ornamental or food plants transported by humans (Crombie and Pregill 1999). The species is very common in India (Daniel 2002), and it is likely to be locally very abundant where it occurs in much of its global range.

This fossorial species is a human commensal and found in and around human habitation, also in gardens, loose soil, refuse heaps, decaying logs and trees, gutters and drain ditches, and under leaf litter, heaps of stones and piled up bricks, flower pots. Naturally occurs in all types of habitat from seashore dunes to tropical rainforest, frequently in disturbed areas and secondary growth, most commonly in moist soils (Broadley and Wallach 2009). This is the world's only known unisexual (all-female) and smallest snake species (Wallach 2009). It has a wide elevational tolerance, and in India it occurs from sea level to 3,500 m elevation. It feeds on ants and termites (Wallach 2009). It is parthenogenetic and lays 2-8 eggs (Daniel 2002, Whitaker and Captain 2004).

There are no threats to this species.

This species is not used or traded.

No conservation measures are required. It is present in numerous protected areas.