title: Yonenga worm snake
text: # Yonenga worm snake
  
  The Yonenga worm snake (Amerotyphlops yonenagae), also known commonly as Yonenaga's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, yonenagae (Latin, feminine, genitive singular), is in honor of Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda. She is a Brazilian mammalogist of Japanese descent.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  A. yonenagae is found in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of A. yonenagae is forest.
  
  ## Description
  
  Small for its family, A. yonenagae may attain a total length (including tail) of 20 cm (7.9 in). It has 18 scale rows around the body, for the full length of the body. Dorsally, it is cream-colored, with a darker middorsal line, which is well-marked and extends from the back of the head to the tail. Ventrally, it is immaculate.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  A. yonenagae is oviparous.
  
  