Amerotyphlops brongersmianus, known commonly as Brongersma's worm snake or the South American striped blindsnake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to South America and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Amerotyphlops |
| Species: | A. brongersmianus
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| Amerotyphlops brongersmianus Vanzolini, 1976
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Etymology
editThe specific name, brongersmianus, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.[5]
Geographic range
editA. brongersmianus is found in South America (and the Caribbean island of Trinidad) south through mainland South America (east of the Andes) as far as Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. In between it is also known to occur in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay.
The type locality given is "Barra de Itaipe, Ilheus, Bahia [Salvador]", [Brazil].[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of A. brongersmianus are forest and savanna.[1]
Description
editA. brongersmianus may attain a total length (including tail) of 32.5 cm (12.8 in). It has 20 scale rows around the body. The number of dorsal scales from the rostral scale to the terminal spine is, on average, 232.[3]
Diet
editThe diet of A. brongersmianus from a semideciduous forest in Central Brazil consisted of ants of all stages of development, while earlier studies also mention termites and unspecified insects.[6]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P.; Caicedo, J.; Rivas, G.; Cacciali, P.; Scott, N.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Kacoliris, F.; Murphy, J. (2019). "Amerotyphlops brongersmianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15203002A15203007. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T15203002A15203007.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b c Species Amerotyphlops brongersmianus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Typhlops brongersmianus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops brongersmianus, p. 39).
- ^ Avila, Robson W.; Ferreira, Vanda L. & Souza, Vanessa B. (2006). "Biology of the blindsnake Typhlops brongersmianus (Typhlopidae) in a semideciduous forest from central Brazil". Herpetological Journal. 16: 403–405.
Further reading
edit- Avila RW, Ferreira VL, Souza VB (2006). "Biology of the blindsnake Typhlops brongersmianus (Typhlopidae) in a semideciduous forest from central Brazil". Herpetological Journal 16 (4): 403–405.
- Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Amerotyphlops brongersmianus, new combination, and type species of Amerotyphlops, new genus, p. 43).
- Vanzolini PE (1972). "Typhlops brongersmai spec. nov. from the coast of Bahia, Brasil (Serpentes, Typhlopidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen [Leiden] 47 (3): 27-29 + one figure.
- Vanzolini PE (1976). "Typhlops brongersmianus, a new name for Typhlops brongersmai Vanzolini, 1972, preoccupied (Serpentes, Typhlopidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia [São Paulo] 29 (24): 247.