The Yonenga worm snake (''Amerotyphlops yonenagae''), also known commonly as Yonenaga's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The

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, ''yonenagae'' (Latin, feminine, genitive singular), is in honor of

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. She is a Brazilian mammalogist of Japanese descent.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Typhlops yonenagae'', p. 292).

Geographic range

''A. yonenagae'' is found in the Brazilian state of Bahia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of ''A. yonenagae'' is forest.

Description

Small for its family, ''A. yonenagae'' may attain a total length (including tail) of . It has 18 scale rows around the body, for the full length of the body. Dorsally, it is cream-colored, with a darker middorsal line, which is well-marked and extends from the back of the head to the tail. Ventrally, it is immaculate.

Reproduction

''A. yonenagae'' is

oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...

References

* 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 yonenagae'', new combination). * Lambertz M (2010). "''Kommentierte Liste der squamaten Reptilien des Sanddünengebeites am mittleren Rio São Francisco (Bahia, Brasilien) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung endemischer Faunenelemente''". ''Ophidia'' 4 (2): 2–17. (''Typhlops yonenagae''). (in German). * Rodrigues MT (1991). "''Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do rio São Francisco, Bahia, Brasil. 4. Uma nova especie de ''Typhlops'' (Ophidia, Typhlopidae)''". ''Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo'' 37 (22): 343–346. (''Typhlops yonenagae'', new species). (in Portuguese). yonenagae Reptiles described in 1991 {{Scolecophidia-stub

Etymology

Geographic range

Habitat

Description

Reproduction

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