Species

Amerotyphlops microstomus

Amerotyphlops microstomus · described by (COPE 1866)

Amerotyphlops arenensis, a close relative of Amerotyphlops microstomus

Pictured: Amerotyphlops arenensis, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: França RC, Morais M, França FGR, Rödder D, Solé M (2020) Snakes of the Pernambuco Endemism Center, Brazil: diversity, natural history and conservation. ZooKeys 1002: 115-158., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Amerotyphlops microstomus
First described
(COPE 1866)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Typhlopidae
Genus
Amerotyphlops

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree