Reticulate worm snake

Reticulate worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Amerotyphlops
Species:
A. reticulatus
Binomial name
Amerotyphlops reticulatus
Synonyms
  • Anguis reticulata
  • Anguis rostralis
  • Anguis nasutus
  • Anguis crocotatus
  • Anguis rostratus
  • Typhlops leucogaster
  • Typhlops reticulatus
  • Agryrophis reticulatus
  • Ophthalmidion crassum
  • Typhlops lumbricalis var. troscheli
  • Altmantyphlops reticulatus

The reticulate worm snake (Amerotyphlops reticulatus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3] The snake has been reported in Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, the Guyanas and Venezuela.[4]

References

  1. ^ Embert, D.; La Marca, E. & García-Pérez, J.E. (2015). "Amerotyphlops reticulatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. IUCN: e.T178605A75739834. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T178605A75739834.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  3. ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  4. ^ Amerotyphlops reticulatus in the Reptile Database


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