| Amerotyphlops | |
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| Amerotyphlops reticulatus,  reticulate worm snake  | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| 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 2 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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