Amphisbaena mongoyo

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 Superclassis: 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: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: Amphisbaena mongoyo

Name

Amphisbaena mongoyo Teixeira Jr., Dal Vechio, Recoder, Cassimiro, Sena & Rodrigues, 2019

• Holotype: MZUSP 106167, collected by M. Teixeira Jr., R.S. Recoder, C. Garcia, M.F. Santos and N.B. Matos on 22 October 2011.
• Type locality: “Fazenda Esperança, Vitória da Conquista municipality, (14°47′26.94′′S, 40°43′14.94′′W, 917 m a.s.l., WGS84), Bahia state, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Teixeira Jr., M., Dal Vechio, F., Recoder, R., Cassimiro, J., Sena, M.A. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2019. Two New Highland Species of Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from Bahia State, Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology 14(3): 213–232. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00097.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Amphisbaena mongoyo. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 April 2023.