Amphisbaena maranhensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: Amphisbaena maranhensis

Name

Amphisbaena maranhensis Gomes & Maciel, 2012: 45

• Holotype: MPEG 28562 (field number: DT 178), collected by Dante Pavan, Vinícius de Avelar São Pedro and José Mario Guelhere on 3 March 2009.
• Type locality: “Municipality of Loreto (07°09’09” S; 45°18’14” W), Maranhão state, Brazil.”

References

Primary references

• Gomes, J.O. & Maciel, A.O. 2012. A new species of Amphisbaena Linnaeus (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the state of Maranhão, northern Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 3572(1): 43–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3572.1.6 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 maranhensis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T75160871A154324086. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75160871A154324086.en. Accessed on 22 December 2025.