Amerotyphlops brongersmianus
Amerotyphlops brongersmianus, known commonly as Brongersma's worm snake or the South American striped blindsnake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to South America and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Etymology
The specific name, brongersmianus, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.Geographic range
A. brongersmianus is found in South America south through mainland South America 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 ", .