Herpetofauna of the quaternary sand dunes of the middle rio são francisco: Bahia: Brazil. VII. typhlops amoipira sp. nov., a possible relative of typhlops yonenagae (serpentes, typhlopidae)

Abstract

A new species of a small typhlopid snake is described from Ibiraba, in the sand- dune area of the left bank of Rio São Francisco, State of Bahia, Brazil. Typhlops amoipira sp. nov. is a small, light brown, and slightly pigmented Typhlops characterized by an incomplete nasal suture, 18 scale rows around the body (SAB), and 212-242 dorsal scales. The geographic and morphologically closer species, Typhlops yonenagae (18 SAB, 259-291 dorsals) lives in the same area, in the sands of the opposite side of the river.