A new species of Amerotyphlops from Northeastern Brazil, with comments on distribution of related species

ROBERTA GRABOSKI; GENTIL ALVES PEREIRA FILHO; ARIANE AUXILIADORA ARAÚJO DA SILVA; ANA LÚCIA DA COSTA PRUDENTE; HUSSAM ZAHER

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3920.3.3

Issue: Vol. 3920 No. 3: 23 Feb. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-02-23

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.3.3

Page range: 443–452

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**A new species of Amerotyphlops from Northeastern Brazil, with comments on distribution of related species**

ROBERTA GRABOSKI⁺⁻
GENTIL ALVES PEREIRA FILHO⁺⁻
ARIANE AUXILIADORA ARAÚJO DA SILVA⁺⁻
ANA LÚCIA DA COSTA PRUDENTE⁺⁻
HUSSAM ZAHER⁺⁻

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, CP 42494, São Paulo, 04218-070 São Paulo, Brasil Programa de Pós Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bairro Bela Vista, Rio Claro, 13506-900, São Paulo, Brasil

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, CP 42494, São Paulo, 04218-070 São Paulo, Brasil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Av. Perimetral, 1901,Terra Firme, CP 399, Belém, 66017-970 Pará, Brasil.

Laboratório de Herpetologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, CP 399, Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, Belém, 66077-530, Pará, Brasil

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, CP 42494, São Paulo, 04218-070 São Paulo, Brasil

Atlantic rainforest Typhlopidae taxonomy Amerotyphlops paucisquamus Amerotyphlops amoipira

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Abstract

We describe a new species of Amerotyphlops from an upland forest enclave in the state of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from the other seven South American species of Amerotyphlops by the combination of the following characters: nasal suture incomplete; rostral scale oval and yellowish cream with some dark brown spots; four supralabial scales; three infralabial scales; rows of scales around the body 18/18/18; middorsal scales from 204 to 225; dorsum with twelve to thirteen rows of scales dark brown and belly with four to five rows of scales immaculate yellowish cream; caudal spine dark brown; subcaudal scales 8–10 in female and 11–13 in males; maximum total length 233 mm. The new species is morphologically similar to A. amoipira and A. paucisquamus, sharing 18/18/18 rows of scales around the body and a small overlap of counts of middorsal scales.