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Amerotyphlops tenuis (SALVIN, 1860)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Coffee Worm Snake
S: Culebra Lombriz de Café 
SynonymTyphlops tenuis SALVIN 1860: 454
Typhlops basimaculatus COPE 1867: 320
Typhlops perditus PETERS 1869: 435
Typhlops praelongus MÜLLER 1885: 674
Typhlops tenuis — BOULENGER 1893: 28
Typhlops praelongis TAYLOR 1939: 442 (misspelling)
Typhlops tenuis — PEREZ-HIGAREDA & SMITH 1986
Typhlops tenuis — LINER 1994
Typhlops tenuis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 121
Amerotyphlops tenuis — HEDGES et al. 2014
Typhlops tenuis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 772 
DistributionMexico (Gulf area, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Puebla), Guatemala

Type locality: “Coban [Cobán, Alta Verapaz] in Guatemala.”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.71 (formerly BMNH 1864.1.26.47, according to Dixon and Hendricks (1979:28).
Holotype: USNM 6602 [Typhlops basimaculatus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A moderate sized Typhlops (maximum total length 326 mm) with an average of 395 dorsal scales from rostral to tail spine, scale rows about body invariably 18, without reduction; complete nasal suture; diameter of midbody contained in total length 45 to 58 times; usually 9 (infrequently 7 or 11) pigmented rows of dorsal scales, pigment frequently diffuse, usually not covering margin of scale and giving an appearance of large rows of spots on dorsum (DIXON & HENDRICKS 1979: 28). 
CommentTyphlops stadelmani SCHMIDT 1936 has been removed from synonym with T. tenuis by MCCRANIE & WILSON 2001. JAN (1864) ascribes T. tenuis to himself. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “tenuis” = slender. 
References
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  • Cope, E.D. 1867. Fifth contribution lo the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 18 [1866]: 317-323 - get paper here
  • Dixon J R; Hendricks F S 1979. The wormsnakes (family Typhlopidae) of the neotropics, exclusive of the Antilles. Zoologische Verhandelingen (173): 1-39 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp
  • Jan, G. 1864. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 3. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • Legler, J.M. 1959. A new blind snake (genus Typhlops) from Cuba. Herpetologica 15 (2): 105-112 - get paper here
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