Amerotyphlops amoipira (Rodrigues and Juncá, 2002)

Type locality. Ibiraba, left margin of the São Francisco, Barra, state of Bahia, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 1A). Restricted to the Caatinga and its contact areas with the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest (Plt. 1A) at low elevations (Plt. 1B). Observed in the field in open xeric scrub on sandy soil, in the Caatinga (Rodrigues, 1991).