title: Amerotyphlops
text: # Amerotyphlops
  
  Amerotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  The 19 species of this genus are found from Mexico through South America.
  
  ## Species
  
  The following species are recognized as being valid.
  
  * Amerotyphlops amoipira (Rodrigues & Juncá, 2002)
  * Amerotyphlops arenensis Graboski, Pereira Filho, Silva, Costa Prudente & Zaher, 2015
  * Amerotyphlops brongersmianus (Vanzolini, 1976)
  * Amerotyphlops caetanoi Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Pereira Filho, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto, & Zaher 2022
  * Amerotyphlops costaricensis (Jiménez & Savage, 1963)
  * Amerotyphlops illusorium Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Pereira Filho, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto, & Zaher, 2022
  * Amerotyphlops lehneri (Roux, 1926)
  * Amerotyphlops martis Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Pereira Filho, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto, & Zaher, 2022
  * Amerotyphlops microstomus (Cope, 1866)
  * Amerotyphlops minuisquamus (Dixon & Hendricks, 1979)
  * Amerotyphlops montanum Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Pereira Filho, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto, & Zaher, 2022
  * 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.
  
  