Amerotyphlops yonenagae (Rodrigues, 1991)

Type locality. Santo Inácio, Gentio do Ouro,right margin of the São Francisco river, state of Bahia, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 7A), known from two records in the Caatinga (Plt. 7A) at low elevations (Plt. 7B). Observed in the field in xeric scrubland on sandy soil (Rodrigues, 1991).