Amphisbaena slateri

Amphisbaena slateri

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 slateri

Name

Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907: 487

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.31.82 (former 1907.5.2-RR), undetermined sex, collected sometime prior to 2 May 1907 by Thomas Slater and presented by him to the British Museum through G.S. Boulger.
• Type locality: “Peru, obtained in the Rio San Gaban Valley, Prov. Carabaya, altitude 2000-3000 feet [=~600–900 m]”.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1907. Descriptions of new lizards in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 19: 486–489. BHL DOI: 10.1080/00222930709487278

Additional references

• Costa, H.C., Welton, L.J. & Hallermann, J. 2018. An updated diagnosis of the rare Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907, based on additional specimens (Squamata, Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae). Evolutionary Systematics 2(2): 125–135. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.2.28059 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Amphisbaena slateri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Slater's Worm Lizard