Amerotyphlops
# 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.

