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Reticulate Worm Snake
Amerotyphlops reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Amerotyphlops reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- Reticulate Worm Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Typhlopidae
- Genus
- Amerotyphlops
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderScolecophidia Cope, 1864
- familyTyphlopidae
- genusAmerotyphlops
- speciesAmerotyphlops reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Amerotyphlops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Amerotyphlops montanum Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Silva, Prudente, Pinto, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher, 2022 | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amerotyphlops arenensis Graboski, Pereira-Filho, Silva, Costa Prudente & Zaher, 2015 | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Estado Falcón Worm SnakeAmerotyphlops lehneri (Roux, 1926) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Basin Worm SnakeAmerotyphlops minuisquamus (Dixon & Hendricks, 1979) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pernambuco Worm SnakeAmerotyphlops paucisquamus (Dixon & Hendricks, 1979) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Grenada Bank BlindsnakeAmerotyphlops tasymicris (Thomas, 1974) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amerotyphlops tycherus (Townsend, Wilson, Ketzler & Luque-Montes, 2008) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yonenga Worm SnakeAmerotyphlops yonenagae (Rodrigues, 1991) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Costa Rica Worm SnakeAmerotyphlops costaricensis (Jiménez & Savage, 1963) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Typhlops leucogaster Wied-Neuwied, 1825 Wied-Neuwied, 1825 | synonym |
| Typhlops lumbricalis var. troscheli Jan ex Jan & Sordelli, 1863 Jan ex Jan & Sordelli, 1863 | synonym |
| Anguis reticulata Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Anguis rostratus Daudin, 1803 Daudin, 1803 | synonym |
| Typhlops reticulatus flavescens Jan ex Jan & Sordelli, 1864 Jan ex Jan & Sordelli, 1864 | synonym |
| Typhlops reticulatus nigrolactea Jan ex Jan & Sordelli, 1864 Jan ex Jan & Sordelli, 1864 | synonym |
| Anguis nasutus Gmelin, 1789 Gmelin, 1789 | synonym |
| Anguis rostralis Weigel, 1782 Weigel, 1782 | synonym |
| Anguis crocotatus Schneider, 1801 Schneider, 1801 | synonym |
| Ophthalmidion crassum Duméril ex Duméril & Duméril, 1851 Duméril ex Duméril & Duméril, 1851 | synonym |
| Altmantyphlops reticulatus wellsi Hoser, 2012 Hoser, 2012 | synonym |
| Typhlops retisculatus Nakamura, 1938 Nakamura, 1938 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Amerotyphlops&species=reticulatus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:CRPK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.