The Estado Falcón worm snake (Amerotyphlops lehneri) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.
Etymology The specific name, lehneri, is in honor of geologist Ernst Lehner.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Typhlops lehneri, p. 154).
Geographic range A. lehneri is found in the Venezuelan state of Falcón.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of A. lehneri is forest, at altitudes of .
Description A. lehneri is a small species of blind snake. It has 20 scale rows around the body. Dorsally, it is yellowish with 11 brown lines. Ventrally, it is yellow. The rostral and the tail spine are bright yellow.
Behavior A. lehneri is terrestrial and fossorial.
Reproduction A. lehneri is oviparous.
References
Further reading Dixon JR, Hendricks FS (1979). "The wormsnakes (family Typhlopidae) of the neotropics, exclusive of the Antilles". Zoologische Verhandelingen (173): 1–39. (Typhlops lehneri, p. 19). Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Typhlops lehneri, p. 119). Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64. Roux J (1926). "Notes d'erpétologie sud-américaine ". Revue suisse de Zoologie 33 (4): 291–299. (Typhlops lehneri, new species, pp. 298–299). (in French).