Estado Falcón worm snake explained

The Estado Falcón worm snake (Amerotyphlops lehneri) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Etymology

The specific name, lehneri, is in honor of geologist Ernst Lehner.^[1]

Geographic range

A. lehneri is found in the Venezuelan state of Falcón.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. lehneri is forest, at altitudes of 50–.

Description

A. lehneri is a small species of blind snake. It has 20 scale rows around the body. Dorsally, it is yellowish with 11 brown lines. Ventrally it is yellow. The rostral and the tail spine are bright yellow.

Reproduction

A. lehneri is oviparous.

Further reading

• Dixon JR, Hendricks FS (1979). "The wormsnakes (family Typhlopidae) of the neotropics, exclusive of the Antilles". Zoologische Verhandelingen (173): 1–39. (Typhlops lehneri, p. 19).
• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Typhlops lehneri, p. 119).
• Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
• Roux J (1926). "Notes d'erpétologie sud-américaine ". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 33 (4): 291–299. (Typhlops lehneri, new species, pp. 298–299). (in French).

Notes and References

1. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beoloens|Beolens B]