The Pernambuco worm snake (Amerotyphlops paucisquamus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3]
| Pernambuco worm snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Amerotyphlops |
| Species: | A. paucisquamus
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| Binomial name | |
| Amerotyphlops paucisquamus (Dixon, 1979)[1]
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References edit
- ^ Dixon, James R.; Hendricks, Fred S. (1979). "The wormsnakes (family Typhlopidae) of the Neotropics, exclusive of the Antilles". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 173 (1): 23–25. ISSN 0024-1652.
- ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1