''Amerotyphlops'' is a
genus
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of
snake
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s in the
family
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Typhlopidae
The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Australia and various islands. The rostral scale overhangs the mouth to form a shovel-like burrowing str ...
.
Distribution
The 19
species
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of this genus are found from
Mexico
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through
South America
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.
[. www.reptile-database.org.]
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.
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*'' Amerotyphlops amoipira''
*'' Amerotyphlops arenensis''
*'' Amerotyphlops brongersmianus''
*'' Amerotyphlops caetanoi''
*'' Amerotyphlops costaricensis''
*'' Amerotyphlops illusorium''
*'' Amerotyphlops lehneri''
*'' Amerotyphlops martis''
*'' Amerotyphlops microstomus''
*'' Amerotyphlops minuisquamus''
*'' Amerotyphlops montanum''
*'' Amerotyphlops paucisquamus''
*'' Amerotyphlops reticulatus''
*'' Amerotyphlops stadelmani''
*'' Amerotyphlops tasymicris''
*'' Amerotyphlops tenuis''
*'' Amerotyphlops trinitatus''
*'' Amerotyphlops tycherus''
*'' Amerotyphlops yonenagae''
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'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Amerotyphlops''.
References
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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Typhlopidae
Snake genera
Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges