Amphisbaena supernumeraria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: Amphisbaena supernumeraria

Name

Amphisbaena supernumeraria Mott, Rodrigues & Santos, 2009: 53

• Holotype: MZUSP 98101 (field number MTR 15383), adult ♂, collected by Miguel T. Rodrigues and Ednilza Maranhão dos Santos on 7 March 2008.
• Type locality: “Fazenda Porto Seguro (08°29’13’’S, 37°16’ 52’’W), Parque Nacional do Catimbau, municipality of Buique, state of Pernambuco, Brazil”.
• Paratypes (n=3): MZUSP 98098–98100, same data as for the holotype.

References

Primary references

• Mott, T., Rodrigues, M.T. & Santos, E.M. 2009. A new Amphisbaena with chevron-shaped anterior body annuli from state of Pernambuco: Brazil (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Zootaxa 2165(1): 52–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2165.1.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Amphisbaena supernumeraria. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2023.
• Silveira, A.L., da Rocha, C., Nogueira, C. de C., Werneck, F., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Kiefer, M., de Freitas, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S.T., Valadão, R., Cardoso Vieira, R., Perez Maciel, R., Gomes Faria, R., Recoder, R., D'Ávila, R., Torquato da Silva, S., de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. & Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2021. IUCN: Amphisbaena supernumeraria  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T75161699A154323706. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75161699A154323706.en. Accessed on 06 April 2023.