Amerotyphlops amoipira

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

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 Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Typhlopinae
Genus: Amerotyphlops
Species: Amerotyphlops amoipira

Name

• Amerotyphlops amoipira (Rodrigues & Juncá, 2002)

Holotype: MZUSP 12298.

Type locality: “Ibiraba (10°48’S, 42°50’W): state of Bahia: Brazil.”

Combinations

• Typhlops amoipira Rodrigues, 1991: 327 [original combination]
• A[merotyphlops]. amoipira — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 44 [subsequent combination]

References

Priamry references

• Rodrigues, M.T. & Juncá, F.A. 2002. Herpetofauna of the quaternary sand dunes of the middle Rio São Francisco: Bahia: Brazil. VII. Typhlops amoipira sp. nov., a possible relative of Typhlops yonenagae (Serpentes, Typhlopidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo 42(13): 325–333. Reference page. 
• Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Amerotyphlops amoipira. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 December 2017.