Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
July 22nd, 2024.
 
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Genus
Amerotyphlops
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American Blind Snakes
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Amerikanische Blindschlangen
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Amerikanske Ormeslanger
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2014 |  |
Amerotyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal (type species: Typhlops brongersmianus Vanzolini 1976) |
Contents:
19 species, of which 12 (63.2%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
The species of this genus were previously included in the genus
Typhlops.
Reported from:
Argentina,
Belize,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Alagoas,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Parana,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Santa Catarina,
Sao Paulo,
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Grenada,
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Quintana Roo,
Tabasco,
Veracruz,
Yucatan),
Nicaragua,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
(incl.
Union Island),
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela.
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Amerotyphlops amoipira
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Amoipira Blind Snake
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Amoipira-Blindschlange
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Amoipira-ormeslange
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2002 | |
Typhlops amoipira Rodrigues & Juncá |
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Amerotyphlops amoipira Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Remarks:
Records from Minas Gerais refer to arenensis (Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher 2019).
Distribution:
Brazil
(Alagoas,
Bahia,
Maranhao,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Sergipe).
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Amerotyphlops arenensis
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Paraiba Blind Snake
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Paraiba-Blindschlange
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Paraiba-ormeslange
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2015 | |
Amerotyphlops arenensis Graboski, Filho, Silva, Prudente & Zaher |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Alagoas,
Bahia,
Minas Gerais,
Paraiba,
Pernambuco).
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Amerotyphlops brongersmianus
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Bahia Blind Snake
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Bahia-Blindschlange
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Bahia-ormeslange
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1972 | |
Typhlops brongersmai Vanzolini [not Typhlops florensis brongersmai Mertens 1929] |
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1976 | |
Typhlops brongersmianus Vanzolini [substitute name for Typhlops brongersmai Vanzolini 1972] |
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Amerotyphlops brongersmianus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
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2012 | |
Altmantyphlops kirnerae Hoser (Kaiser, Crother, Kelly, Luiselli, O'Shea, Ota, Passos, Schleip & Wüster 2013) |
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2012 | |
Altmantyphlops kirnerae wellingtoni Hoser (Kaiser, Crother, Kelly, Luiselli, O'Shea, Ota, Passos, Schleip & Wüster 2013) |
Remarks:
Not included for French Guiana and Surinam by Kuijpers (2024).
Distribution:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Alagoas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para,
Paraiba,
Parana,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Roraima,
Santa Catarina,
Sao Paulo,
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Trinidad),
Venezuela.
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Amerotyphlops caetanoi
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Chapada Diamantina Blind Snake
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Chapada-Diamantina-Blindschlange
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Chapada Diamantina-ormeslange
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Amerotyphlops caetanoi Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Silva, Prudente, Pinto, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Bahia).
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Amerotyphlops costaricensis
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Costa Rican Blind Snake
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Costaricanische Blindschlange
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Costaricansk Ormeslange
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1962 | |
Typhlops costaricensis Jimenez & Savage |
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Amerotyphlops costaricensis Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Distribution:
Costa Rica,
Honduras,
Nicaragua.
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Amerotyphlops illusorium
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Trancoso Blind Snake
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Trancoso-Blindschlange
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Trancoso-ormeslange
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Amerotyphlops illusorium Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Silva, Prudente, Pinto, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Bahia).
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Amerotyphlops lehneri
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Falcón Blind Snake
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Falcón-Blindschlange
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Falcón-ormeslange
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1926 | |
Typhlops lehneri Roux |
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Amerotyphlops lehneri Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Distribution:
Venezuela.
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Amerotyphlops martis
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Neves Beach Blind Snake, Praia das Neves Blind Snake
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Praia-das-Neves-Blindschlange
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Praia das Neves-ormeslange
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2022 | |
Amerotyphlops martis Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Silva, Prudente, Pinto, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Espirito Santo).
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Amerotyphlops microstomus
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Yucatan Blind Snake, Yucatecan Blind Snake
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Yucatan-Blindschlange
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Yucatan-ormeslange
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Typhlops microstomus Cope |
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Amerotyphlops microstomus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Distribution:
Belize,
Guatemala,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Quintana Roo,
Yucatan).
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Amerotyphlops minuisquamus
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Amazon Basin Blind Snake
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Amazonas-Blindschlange
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Amazonas-ormeslange
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1979 | |
Typhlops minuisquamus Dixon & Hendricks |
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Amerotyphlops minuisquamus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Remarks:
Not listed for Venezuela by Mumaw, González & Fernández (2015), although reported by many others (e.g., Dixon & Hendricks 1979; Pefaur 1992; Marca 1997;
McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999; Avila-Pires 2005; Rivas, Molina, Ugueto, Barros, Barrio-Amorós & Kok 2012).
Distribution:
Brazil
(Amazonas,
Para,
Rondonia,
Roraima),
Colombia,
Guyana,
Peru,
Venezuela.
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Amerotyphlops montanum
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Arataca Blind Snake
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Arataca-Blindschlange
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Arataca-ormeslange
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Amerotyphlops montanum Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Silva, Prudente, Pinto, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Bahia).
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Amerotyphlops paucisquamus
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Small-scaled Blind Snake, Pernambuco Blind Snake
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Kleinschuppige Blindschlange
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Finskællet Ormeslange
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Typhlops paucisquamus Dixon & Hendricks |
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Amerotyphlops paucisquamus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Alagoas,
Ceara,
Maranhao,
Paraiba,
Pernambuco,
Rio Grande do Norte).
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Amerotyphlops reticulatus
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Reticulated Blind Snake, Spine-tailed Blind Snake
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Netz-Blindschlange
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Net-ormeslange
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Anguis reticulata Linnaeus |
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Typhlops reticulatus Duméril & Bibron 1844 |
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Argyrophis reticulatus Gray 1845 |
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Amerotyphlops reticulatus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
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Anguis rostralis Weigel (Hahn 1980) |
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Anguis nasutus Gmelin (Hahn 1980) |
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Anguis crocotatus Schneider (Hahn 1980) |
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1851 | |
Ophthalmidion crassum Duméril (Hahn 1980) |
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Typhlops reticulatus crassa Jan 1864 |
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1863 | |
Typhlops lumbricalis var. Troscheli Jan (Hahn 1980) |
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Typhlops reticulatus troscheli Jan 1864 |
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1864 | |
Typhlops reticulatus nigrolactea Jan (Hahn 1980) |
Remarks:
Records from Ceara (e.g., Dixon & Hendricks 1979; Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014) were based on a misidentification (Roberto & Loebmann 2016).
Distribution:
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Ceara,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Peru,
Surinam,
Venezuela.
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Amerotyphlops stadelmani
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Honduran Blind Snake
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Honduranische Blindschlange
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Honduransk Ormeslange
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Typhlops stadelmani Schmidt |
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Amerotyphlops stadelmani Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Remarks:
Regarded as a synonym of tenuis by Dixon & Hendricks (1979). Revalidated by McCranie & Wilson (2001).
Distribution:
Honduras.
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Amerotyphlops tasymicris
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Grenada Blind Snake
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Grenada-Blindschlange
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Grenada-ormeslange
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Typhlops tasymicris Thomas |
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Amerotyphlops tasymicris Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Distribution:
Grenada,
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
(Union Island).
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Amerotyphlops tenuis
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Coffee Blind Snake
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Kaffee-Blindschlange
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Kaffe-ormeslange
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1860 | |
Typhlops tenuis Salvin |
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Amerotyphlops tenuis Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
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1867 | |
Typhlops basimaculatus Cope (Hahn 1980) |
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1869 | |
Typhlops perditus Peters (Hahn 1980) |
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1885 | |
Typhlops praelongus Müller (Hahn 1980) |
Distribution:
Guatemala,
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Tabasco,
Veracruz).
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Amerotyphlops trinitatus
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Trinidad Blind Snake, Lineated Blind Snake
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Trinidad-Blindschlange
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Trinidad-ormeslange
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Typhlops trinitatus Richmond |
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Amerotyphlops trinitatus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Distribution:
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad).
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Amerotyphlops tycherus
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Santa Bárbara Blind Snake
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Santa-Bárbara-Blindschlange
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Santa Bárbara-ormeslange
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Typhlops tycherus Townsend, Wilson, Ketzler & Luque-Montes |
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Amerotyphlops tycherus Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Distribution:
Honduras.
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Amerotyphlops yonenagae
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Santo Inácio Blind Snake
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Santo-Inácio-Blindschlange
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Santo Inácio-ormeslange
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Typhlops yonenagae Rodrigues |
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Amerotyphlops yonenagae Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014 |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Bahia).
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