Amerotyphlops reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality. “America.”

Distribution. Widespread in northern South America, mostly in Amazonia (Plt. 6A). Recorded in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela (Plt. 6A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia, with marginal records in the Caatinga, Cerrado, and Chiquitano Dry Forest (Plt. 6A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 6B). Observed in the field in forest (Duellman, 1978; Dixon and Soini, 1986; Cunha and Nascimento, 1993; Martins and Oliveira, 1998).