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IUCN (Red List) status: Least Concern (LC).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   Range Description This species is known to exist in Amazonian Brazil in Amazonas, Roraima, Para and Amapá states. Habitat and Ecology It is a subterranean species living in rainforest. The extent to which it can adapt to secondary habitats is not known. Its breeding habits are unknown. Population There is very little; the species was last seen in 1997, but very little work is being carried out within the range. Population Trend Unknown Major Threats The threats to this species are not known, but it is possibly threatened by clear-cutting of forest for timber. Conservation Actions It occurs in several national parks and indigenous reserves. Taxonomic Notes This is a poorly circumscribed species in need of taxonomic review (M. Wilkinson pers. comm.). Citation Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Mark Wilkinson 2004. Brasilotyphlus braziliensis. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use