Typhlops brongersmianus

Taxobox
name = "Typhlops brongersmianus"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Typhlopidae
genus = "Typhlops"
species = "T. brongersmianus"
binomial = "Typhlops brongersmianus"
binomial_authority = Vanzolini, 1976
synonyms = * "Typhlops brongersmai" - Vanzolini, 1972
* "Typhlops brongersmianus" - Vanzolini, 1976McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).]

:"Common names: Burrowing snake.""Typhlops brongersmianus" is a harmless blind snake species found in South America. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634605|taxon="Typhlops brongersmianus"|year=2007|date=31 August]

Geographic range

Found in South America from the island of Trinidad south through mainland South America (east of the Andes) as far as Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. In between it is also known to occur in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. The type locality given is "Barra de Itaipe, Ilheus, [Salvador, Bahia|Bahia [Salvador] " [Brazil] .

Feeding

The diet consists primarily of ants, termites, and possibly other arthropods.

Reproduction

Reported to be oviparous.

Taxonomy

Because the original specific epithet was preoccupied by "T. florensis brongersmai" Mertens, 1920, it was renamed to "T. brongersmianus" in 1976.

ee also

* List of typhlopid species and subspecies.
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