title: Amaral's blind snake
text: # Amaral's blind snake
  
  Amaral's blind snake (Trilepida koppesi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to South America.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, koppesi, is in honor of S.J. Koppes, who collected the holotype in 1934.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  Trilepida koppesi is endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the Distrito Federal and in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Goiás, and Mato Grosso.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  Trilepida koppesi is oviparous.
  
  