''Amerotyphlops'' is a
genus
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of
snake
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s in the
family
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Typhlopidae
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.
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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.
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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
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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