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Amerotyphlops reticulatus (LINNAEUS, 1758)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Reticulate Worm Snake
Portuguese: Cobra-Cega, Cobra-da-Terra, Minhoca, Minhocão 
SynonymAnguis reticulata LINNAEUS 1758: 228
Anguis rostralis WEIGEL 1782
Anguis nasutus GMELIN 1789: 1120
Anguis crocotatus SCHNEIDER 1801: 340
Anguis rostratus DAUDIN 1803: 316
Typhlops leucogaster WIED-NEUWIED 1825
Typhlops reticulatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844: 282
Agryrophis reticulatus — GRAY 1845: 137
Ophthalmidion crassum DUMÉRIL in DUMÉRIL and DUMÉRIL 1851: 202
Typhlops lumbricalis var. troscheli JAN, in JAN & SORDELLI 1863: 11 (1860-1866)
Typhlops reticulatus flavescens JAN, in JAN & SORDELLI 1864: 4 (1860-1866)
Typhlops reticulatus nigrolactea JAN, in JAN & SORDELLI 1864
Typhlops reticulatus — JAN 1864
Typhlops reticulatus var. crassa — JAN 1864
Typhlops reticulatus — BOULENGER 1893: 27
Typhlops retisculatus NAKAMURA 1938 (error typographicus)
Typhlops reticulatus — BEEBE 1946: 15
Typhlops reticulatus — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980
Typhlops reticulatus — STARACE 1998: 65
Typhlops reticulatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 116
Altmantyphlops reticulatus wellsi HOSER 2012
Typhlops reticulatus — KORNILIOS et al. 2013
Typhlops reticulatus — COLE et al. 2013
Amerotyphlops reticulatus — HEDGES et al. 2014
Typhlops reticulatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 770
Amerotyphlops reticulatus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019
Typhlops reticulatus — RINCÓN-ARANGURI et al. 2023 
DistributionColombia, Venezuela (Falcon, Carabobo, Monagas, TF Amazonas, Yaracuy [HR 32: 280], Zulia)
Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapá, Maranhão, Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Roraima, Pará etc.), W Peru, N Bolivia (Beni), Ecuador

Type locality: “America”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: iconotype, figure 4 of plate 747 of Scheuchzer 1735 (Fig. 2; Linck collection specimen number 608; Linck 1783), based on Gronovius 1756: 54. n. 7. Neotype: RMNH 7660, from Paramaribo, Suriname, designated by Dixon and Hendricks, 1979: 25. Considered as invalid by Bauer 2012: 68. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A relatively large species (maximum total length 522 mm) of Typhlops distinguished from all other western hemisphere forms by having a white snout and white tail ring; 9 dark pigmented rows of dorsal scales that vary from brown to black; scale rows 20-20-18 in 99% of samples examined, with the reduction taking place at the posterior (x = 87.7% of total dorsals) end of the body. (DIXON & HENDRICKS 1979: 25). 
Commentmax length: 522 mm. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin reticulatus, made like a net, net-like, reticulated. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
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