Amerotyphlops
Amerotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
| Amerotyphlops | |
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| Amerotyphlops reticulatus, reticulate worm snake | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Amerotyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014 |
Distribution
The 15 species of this genus are found from Mexico through South America.[1]
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Amerotyphlops amoipira (Rodrigues & Juncá, 2002)
- Amerotyphlops arenensis Graboski, Pereira Filho, Silva, Costa Prudente & Zaher, 2015
- Amerotyphlops brongersmianus (Vanzolini, 1976)
- Amerotyphlops costaricensis (Jiménez & Savage, 1963)
- Amerotyphlops lehneri (Roux, 1926)
- Amerotyphlops microstomus (Cope, 1866)
- Amerotyphlops minuisquamus (Dixon & Hendricks, 1979)
- Amerotyphlops paucisquamus (Dixon & Hendricks, 1979)
- Amerotyphlops reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Amerotyphlops stadelmani (Schmidt, 1936)
- Amerotyphlops tasymicris (Thomas, 1974)
- Amerotyphlops tenuis (Salvin, 1860)
- Amerotyphlops trinitatus (Richmond, 1965)
- Amerotyphlops tycherus (Townsend, Wilson, Ketzler & Luque-Montes, 2008)
- Amerotyphlops yonenagae (Rodrigues, 1991)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amerotyphlops.
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References
- Genus Amerotyphlops at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Hedges, S. Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1-61. (Amerotyphlops, new genus, pp. 43–44).
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