Amerotyphlops minuisquamus

(Dixon and Hendricks, 1979)

Type locality. Mishana, department of Loreto, Peru .

Distribution. Known from northern portion of South America, in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela (Plt. 4A). In Brazil, restricted to the northwestern portion of Amazonia (Plt. 4A) at low elevations (Plt. 4B). Observed in the field in forest (Rodrigues, 1991).