Amerotyphlops brongersmianus

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Typhlopinae
Genus: Amerotyphlops
Species: Amerotyphlops brongersmianus
Name

Amerotyphlops brongersmianus (Vanzolini, 1976)

Holotype: MZUSP 5218.

Type locality: “Barra de Itaipe, Ilheus, Bahia, Brasil.”
Combinations

Typhlops brongersmianus Vanzolini, 1976: 247 [original combination, replacement name]
Amerotyphlops brongersmianus — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 44 [name combination]

Synonyms

Typhlops brongersmai Vanzolini, 1972 [preoccupied by Typhlops florensis brongersmai Mertens, 1920]

References
Priamry references

Vanzolini, P.E. 1972. Typhlops brongersmai spec. nov. from the coast of Bahia, Brasil (Serpentes, Typhlopidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 47(3): 27–29.
Vanzolini, P.E. 1976. Typhlops brongersmianus, a new name for Typhlops brongersmai Vanzolini, 1972, preoccupied (Serpentes, Typhlopidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 29(24): 247.
Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Amerotyphlops brongersmianus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 December 2017.

Vernacular names
English: Brongersma's Worm Snake