Yonenga worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Amerotyphlops
Species:
A. yonenagae
Binomial name
Amerotyphlops yonenagae
(Rodriques, 1991)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops yonenagae
    Rodrigues, 1991
  • Amerotyphlops yonenagae
    — Hedges et al., 2014

The Yonenga worm snake (Amerotyphlops yonenagae), also known commonly as Yonenaga's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] 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.[5]

Geographic range

A. yonenagae is found in the Brazilian state of Bahia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. yonenagae is forest.[1]

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.[2]

Reproduction

A. yonenagae is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Martins, M.R.C.; Nogueira, C. de C. (2019). "Amerotyphlops yonenagae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15203013A15203018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T15203013A15203018.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Amerotyphlops yonenagae at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ "Amerotyphlops yonenagae ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  4. ↑ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell. Jonathan A; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (Typhlops yonenagae, p. 124).
  5. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops yonenagae, p. 292).

Further reading

  • Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. (Amerotyphlops yonenagae, new combination).
  • Lambertz M (2010). "Kommentierte Liste der squamaten Reptilien des Sanddünengebeites am mittleren Rio São Francisco (Bahia, Brasilien) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung endemischer Faunenelemente". Ophidia 4 (2): 2–17. (Typhlops yonenagae). (in German).
  • Rodrigues MT (1991). "Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do rio São Francisco, Bahia, Brasil. 4. Uma nova especie de Typhlops (Ophidia, Typhlopidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 37 (22): 343–346. (Typhlops yonenagae, new species). (in Portuguese).



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