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Amerotyphlops stadelmani (SCHMIDT, 1936)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Stadelman's Worm Snake 
SynonymTyphlops stadelmani SCHMIDT 1936: 48
Typhlops stadelmani — MCCRANIE & WILSON 2001
Amerotyphlops stadelmani — HEDGES et al. 2014
Typhlops stadelmani — WALLACH et al. 2014: 771 
DistributionHonduras; elevation: 850-1370 m

Type locality: “Subirana Valley, 2800 feet altitude, Yoro, Honduras.”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ R38701. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. “Typhlops stadelmani can be distinguished from all other Honduran snakes, except for the other blindsnakes (Anomalepis mexicanus, Epictia ater, E. magnamaculata, Ramphotyphlops braminus, Typhlops costaricensis, and T. tycherus), by having similarly-sized scales completely around the body and a tiny eye located beneath an ocu lar scale. Anomalepis mexicanus has 22-24 scales around the body and the prefrontal and supranasal scales not fused with each other (versus 20 scales around body and prefrontal and supranasal scales fused in T. stadelmani). The species of Epictia have 14 scales around the body and the infranasals and oculars bordering the lip line (versus 20 scales around body and infranasals and oculars separated from lip line by supralabials in T. stadelmani). Ramphotyphlops braminus has brown to black dorsal and ventral surfaces (versus pink dorsal and ventral surfaces in T. stadelmani). Typhlops costaricensis has dark brown dorsal and ventral surfaces and T. tycherus has 22 scales around the body and a dark brown dorsal surface, (versus pink dorsal and ventral surfaces and 20 scales around body and in T. stadelmani).” (McCranie 2011: 56) 
CommentPlaced in synonymy of T. tenuis by Dixon and Hendricks (1979:28). MCCRANIE & WILSON 2001 removed T. stadelmani from the synonymy of T. tenuis.

Relative abundance in Honduras: rare 
EtymologyNamed after the collector of the types, Raymond Stadelman. For biographical notes see Brown 2021. 
References
  • BURGER, R. MICHAEL 2021. The Herpetological Contributions of the Neotropical Collector, Raymond Edward Stadelman. Herpetological Review 52 (2): 320–324
  • Graboski R, Arredondo JC, Grazziotin FG, et al. 2018. Molecular phylogeny and hemipenial diversity of South American species of Amerotyphlops (Typhlopidae, Scolecophidia). Zoologica Scripta 48: 139– 156 - get paper here
  • 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 - get paper here
  • Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp.
  • McCranie J R 2011. The snakes of Honduras. SSAR, Salt Lake City, 725 pp.
  • McCranie, J. & Castañeda, F.E. 2005. The herpetofauna of Parque Nacional Pico Bonito, Honduras. Phyllomedusa 4 (1): 3-16 - get paper here
  • MCCRANIE, J. R. & L. D. WILSON 2001. Taxonomic status of Typhlops stadelmani SCHMIDT (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Copeia 2001 (3): 820-822 - get paper here
  • McCranie, James R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386 - get paper here
  • Schmidt, K.P. 1936. New amphibians and reptiles from Honduras in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 49: 43-50. - get paper here
  • Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2014. An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144 - get paper here
  • Townsend, Josiah H.; Wilson, L.D.; Ketzler, L.P. & Luque-Montes, I.R. 2008. The largest blindsnake in Mesoamerica: a new species of Typhlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from an isolated karstic mountain in Honduras. Zootaxa 1932: 18–26 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Wilson, L.D. & McCranie, J.R. 2003. The herpetofauna of the cloud forests of Honduras. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 3 (1): 34-48 - get paper here
  • Wilson, L.D. & McCranie, J.R. 2003. The conservation status of the herpetofauna of Honduras. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 3 (1): 6-33 - get paper here
 
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