Amerotyphlops arenensis Graboski et al., 2015

Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1), pp. 1-274 : 5

Amerotyphlops arenensis Graboski et al., 2015

Type locality. Mata do Pau Ferro Ecological Reserve , Areia, state of Paraíba, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 2A ). Restricted to the Caatinga and its contact areas with the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado ( Plt. 2A ), at intermediate to high elevations ( Plt. 2B ). Observed in the field in upland forest in the Caatinga ( Graboski et al., 2015) and open savanna on sandy soil in the Cerrado ( Fernandes et al., 2010a).

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Plate 2. Distribution map of Amerotyphlops arenensis in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.