Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Typhlops brongersmianus Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Family Typhlopidae Higher classification Typhlops | |
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Similar Snake, Typhlops, Reptile, Typhlopidae, Scaled reptiles | ||
Typhlops brongersmianus is a harmless blind snake species endemic to South America. No subspecies are currently recognized.
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Etymology
The specific name, brongersmianus, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.
Geographic range
T. brongersmianus is 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, Bahia [Salvador]" [Brazil].
Diet
The diet of T. brongersmianus consists primarily of ants, termites, and possibly other arthropods.
Reproduction
This species is reported to be oviparous.
Taxonomy
Because the original specific epithet was preoccupied by T. florensis brongersmai Mertens, 1920, this species was renamed to T. brongersmianus in 1976.