Amphisbaena fenestrata
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota Subordo: Lacertoidea |
Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: Amphisbaena fenestrata
Name
[edit]- Amphisbaena fenestrata (Cope, 1861)
Holotype: USNM 11715.
Type locality: “in the West Indian Islands of St. Thomas and Santa Cruz”, restricted to “St. Thomas, Virgins Islands”, by Gans & Alexander (1962: 131).
Combinations
[edit]- Diphalus fenestratus Cope, 1861: 76 [original combination]
- Amphisbaena fenestrata — Strauch, 1881: 364 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
[edit]Lectotype: ZMUC R-449. [designated by Gans & Alexander (1962: 131)]
Type locality: “St. Thomas og St. Jan”, restricted to “St. John, Virgin Islands”, by Gans & Alexander (1962: 131)
Paralectotypes (2): ZMUC R-4411; ZMB 4346. [designated by Gans & Alexander (1962: 131)]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Cope, E.D. 1861. Remarks on Reptiles (Diphalus; Amphisbaena angustifrons; Loxocemus Cope). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 75–77. BHL Reference page.
- Reinhardt, J. & Lütken, C. 1862. Bidrag til det vestindiske Öriges og navnligen til de dansk-vestindiske Öers Herpetologie. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn series 2, 4: 153–291. BHL Reference page.
- Strauch, A. 1881. Bemerkungen über die Eidechsenfamilie der Amphisbaeniden. Mélanges biologiques tirés du Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg 11: 355–479. BHL
- Gans, C. & Alexander, A.A. 1962. Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2. On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 128(3): 65–158. BHL
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Amphisbaena fenestrata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 May 2018.
- Platenberg, R. 2016. IUCN: Amphisbaena fenestrata (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T74855567A115480568. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T74855567A75171311.en