Range extension for the Costa Rican Blindsnake, Amerotyphlops costaricensis (Jiménez & Savage, 1962) (Serpentes, Typhlopidae)

By

Granados-Martínez, Sofía
Chaves, Gerardo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-9-8

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1129--1132

Subjects

Distribution , fossorial snakes , Scolecophidians , Urban ecology

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1129

 

Abstract

We present new information on the distribution of a rare species of an American typhlopid blind snake, Amerotyphlops costaricensis (Jiménez & Savage, 1962). Our findings extend the known distribution of this species almost 120 km southeast. The few existing records of this species suggest that research should focus on filling the gaps in the distribution and our knowledge on the ecology of the species and the blind snake group.