Amphisbaena carli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Lacertoidea Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: Amphisbaena carli

Name

Amphisbaena carli Pinna, Mendonça, Bocchiglieri & Fernandes, 2010: 46

• Holotype: MNRJ 19256, adult ♂, collected by A. Bocchiglieri on 11 April 2009.
• Type locality: “Recently deforested Pinus spp. plantation area at Jatobá farm, 14°01’S/45°54’W, municipality of Jaborandi, southwestern Bahia, Brazil”.
• Paratype: MNRJ 19257, adult ♂, found road killed between a Cerrado fragment and a Pinus spp. plantation area at Jatobá farm, 14°03’S/45°52’W, by A. Bocchiglieri and A.F. Mendonça on 30 January 2008.

References

Primary references

• Pinna, P.H., Mendonça, A.F., Bocchiglieri, A. & Fernandes, D.S. 2010. A new two-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus from the endangered Brazilian Cerrado biome (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Zootaxa 2569(1): 44–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2569.1.2 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Silveira, A.L., da Rocha, C.F.D., Nogueira, C. de C., Werneck, F.P., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Kiefer, M., de Freitas, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S., Valadão, R., Cardoso Vieira, R., Perez Maciel, R., Gomes Faria, R., Recoder, R., Ávila, R.W., Torquato da Silva, S., de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. & Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2021. IUCN: Amphisbaena carli  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T75159743A75159745. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75159743A75159745.pt. Accessed on 17 December 2025.