[3] However, this species can be easily distinguished from others because of its characteristic white and black mosaic pattern that covers both the dorsal and ventral side.

[3] It is found in northern South America including the island of Trinidad, and southwards to the Brazilian Cerrado biome.

[3] The southernmost areas of the Brazilian Cerrado where A. fuliginosa is found are Minas Gerais and Goiás.

Some of those insects include beetles, ants, termites, and other arthropods (such as spiders, centipedes, millipedes, and earthworms), but they also consume species of Orthoptera, such as crickets and grasshoppers, and sometimes on small vertebrates.

In Yanomami mythology Amphisbaena are said to emerge from the spinal columns of warriors killed in battle, and have a supernatural connection to the underworld.