Reticulate worm snake

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]

Reticulate worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

References
  1. Embert, D.; La Marca, E. & García-Pérez, J.E. (2015). "Amerotyphlops reticulatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: 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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