Biology:Amerotyphlops

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Short description: Genus of snakes

Amerotyphlops
Typhlops reticulatus Peru 03.JPG
Amerotyphlops reticulatus,
reticulate worm snake
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Amerotyphlops
Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014

Amerotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Distribution

The 19 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 caetanoi Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Pereira Filho, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto, & Zaher 2022
  • Amerotyphlops costaricensis (Jiménez & Savage, 1963)
  • Amerotyphlops illusorium Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Pereira Filho, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto, & Zaher, 2022
  • Amerotyphlops lehneri (Roux, 1926)
  • Amerotyphlops martis Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Pereira Filho, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto, & Zaher, 2022
  • Amerotyphlops microstomus (Cope, 1866)
  • Amerotyphlops minuisquamus (Dixon & Hendricks, 1979)
  • Amerotyphlops montanum Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Pereira Filho, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto, & Zaher, 2022
  • 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.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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).

Wikidata ☰ Q16499916 entry