Liotyphlops sousai Marra-Santos and Reis, 2018

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Liotyphlops sousai Marra-Santos and Reis, 2018

Type locality. Passo Maia hydroelectric power plant, Passo Maia, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil, restricted to Araucaria Forest ( Plt. 28A ) at intermediate elevations ( Plt. 28B ). No detailed field data on habitat use are available for this species.

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Plate 28. Distribution map of Liotyphlops sousai in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.