Amerotyphlops illusorium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Scolecophidia Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

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

Name

Amerotyphlops illusorium Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Silva, Prudente, Pinto, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher, 2022: 738

• Holotype: MZUSP 18787 (field number MTR 13542), adult ♀, collected by Miguel T. Rodrigues and collaborators on 26 March 2007.
• Type locality: “Fazenda Nova Alegria (16°31′50.7′′ S, 39°07′06.7′′ W, c. 30 m a.s.l.), municipality of Trancoso, state of Bahia, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Graboski, R., Arredondo, J.C., Grazziotin, F.G., Guerra-Fuentes, R.A., Silva, A.A.A., Prudente, A.L.C., Pinto, R.R., Rodrigues, M.T., Bonatto, S.L. & Zaher, H. [2022] 2023. Revealing the cryptic diversity of the widespread and poorly known South American blind snake genus Amerotyphlops (Typhlopidae: Scolecophidia) through integrative taxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(3): 719–751. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac059 Reference page.