Coffee worm snake facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Coffee worm snake
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Amerotyphlops
Species:	tenuis
Synonyms
Typhlops tenuis Salvin, 1860 Typhlops basimaculatus Cope, 1867 Typhlops perditus W. Peters, 1869 Typhlops praelongus F. Müller, 1885 Typhlops tenuis — Boulenger, 1893 Typhlops stadelmani Schmidt, 1936 Typhlops praelongis Taylor, 1939 (ex errore) Typhlops tenuis — Dixon & F.S. Hendricks, 1979 Amerotyphlops tenuis — Hedges et al., 2014

The coffee worm snake (Amerotyphlops tenuis) is a harmless blind snake species found in Mexico and Guatemala. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Geographic range

It is found from Mexico (Veracruz) south to Guatemala (Alta and Baja Verapaz). Earlier sources also include Honduras whereas recent ones do not, the Honduran endemic Amerotyphlops stadelmani was formerly included in this species. The type locality given is "Coban [Cobán, Alta Verapaz] in Guatemala".

Habitat

The species occurs in moist forests, degraded forests, and agricultural land from sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level. As a fossorial species, it is difficult to find, but it can be locally common.

Conservation status

It is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001). Species are listed as such due to their wide distribution, presumed large population, or because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. The population trend is unknown. Year assessed: 2007.