Liotyphlops trefauti Freire et al., 2007

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Liotyphlops trefauti Freire et al., 2007

Type locality. Fazenda Bananeira , Murici, state of Alagoas, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 31A ), restricted to the northern portion of the Atlantic Forest at low elevations ( Plt. 31B ). Observed in the field in forest and cocoa plantations ( Freire et al., 2007).

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Plate 31. Distribution map of Liotyphlops trefauti in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.