Snake richness in urban forest fragments from Niteroi and surroundings, state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil Citeli, Nathalie Hamdan, Breno Guedes, Thais Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 7145 7145 Vanzolini, 1976 Vanzolini 1976 Reptilia Typhlopidae Amerotyphlops CoL Animalia Amerotyphlops brongersmianus Squamata 0 7145 Chordata species brongersmianus  Ecological interactions  Conservation status Least Concern  Distribution Recorded in forested areas of the Atlantic Forest. Municipality of Niteroi. State of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil  Notes It is fossorial, nocturnal and diurnal, and feeds on arthropods (Fig. 5).