Amerotyphlops

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 (15): A. amoipira – A. arenensis – A. brongersmianus – A. costaricensis – A. lehneri – A. microstomus – A. minuisquamus – A. paucisquamus – A. reticulatus – A. stadelmani – A. tasymicris – A. tenuis – A. trinitatus – A. tycherus – A. yonenagae
Name

Amerotyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 43

Type species: Typhlops brongersmianus Vanzolini, 1976, by original designation.
References
Primary references

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.

Additional references

Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829(1): 1–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1 Reference page.

Amerotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Distribution

The 15 species of this genus are found from Mexico through South America.[1]
Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Amerotyphlops amoipira (Rodrigues & Juncá, 2002)
Amerotyphlops arenensis Graboski, Pereira Filho, Silva, Costa Prudente & Zaher, 2015
Amerotyphlops brongersmianus (Vanzolini, 1976)
Amerotyphlops costaricensis (Jiménez & Savage, 1963)
Amerotyphlops lehneri (Roux, 1926)
Amerotyphlops microstomus (Cope, 1866)
Amerotyphlops minuisquamus (Dixon & Hendricks, 1979)
Amerotyphlops paucisquamus (Dixon & Hendricks, 1979)
Amerotyphlops reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Amerotyphlops stadelmani (Schmidt, 1936)
Amerotyphlops tasymicris (Thomas, 1974)
Amerotyphlops tenuis (Salvin, 1860)
Amerotyphlops trinitatus (Richmond, 1965)
Amerotyphlops tycherus (Townsend, Wilson, Ketzler & Luque-Montes, 2008)
Amerotyphlops yonenagae (Rodrigues, 1991)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amerotyphlops.
References

Genus Amerotyphlops at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.