''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

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Etymology

The

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, ''brongersmianus'', is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma. Beolens B, Watkins M,

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Geographic range

''A. brongersmianus'' is found in South America (and the Caribbean island of Trinidad) south through mainland South America (east of the Andes) as far as

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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 alvador, razil

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of ''A. brongersmianus'' are forest and savanna.

Description

''A. brongersmianus'' may attain a total length (including tail) of . 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.

Diet

The 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.

Reproduction

The species ''A. brongersmianus'' is

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References

* 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. * * 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''

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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''

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29 (24): 247. {{Taxonbar, from=Q3013317 brongersmianus Snakes of the Caribbean Snakes of South America Reptiles of Argentina Reptiles of Bolivia Reptiles of Brazil Reptiles of Colombia Reptiles of Ecuador Reptiles of French Guiana Reptiles of Guyana Reptiles of Paraguay Reptiles of Peru Reptiles of Suriname Reptiles of Venezuela Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago Taxa named by Paulo Vanzolini Reptiles described in 1976