Estado Falcón worm snake

The Estado Falcón worm snake (Amerotyphlops lehneri) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.[1][2]

Estado Falcón 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. lehneri
Binomial name
Amerotyphlops lehneri
(Roux, 1926)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops lehneri
    Roux, 1926[3]
  • Amerotyphlops lehneri
    — Hedges et al., 2014[4]

Etymology

The specific name, lehneri, is in honor of geologist Ernst Lehner.[5]

Geographic range

A. lehneri is found in the Venezuelan state of Falcón.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. lehneri is forest, at altitudes of 50–150 m (160–490 ft).[1]

Description

A. lehneri is a small species of blind snake. It has 20 scale rows around the body. Dorsally, it is yellowish with 11 brown lines. Ventrally it is yellow. The rostral and the tail spine are bright yellow.[2]

Reproduction

A. lehneri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Rivas G, Schargel W (2017). "Amerotyphlops lehneri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T67657437A67657455. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T67657437A67657455.en. Downloaded on 4 August 2018.
  2. Amerotyphlops lehneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 September 2020.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (Typhlops lehneri, p. 107).
  4. Hedges, S. Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)" (PDF). Caribbean Herpetology. 49: 1–61. (Amerotyphlops lehneri, new combination).
  5. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops lehneri, p. 154).

Further reading
  • Dixon JR, Hendricks FS (1979). "The wormsnakes (family Typhlopidae) of the neotropics, exclusive of the Antilles". Zoologische Verhandelingen (173): 1–39. (Typhlops lehneri, p. 19).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Typhlops lehneri, p. 119).
  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
  • Roux J (1926). "Notes d'erpétologie sud-américaine ". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 33 (4): 291–299. (Typhlops lehneri, new species, pp. 298–299). (in French).



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