Amphisbaena persephone

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 persephone

Name

• Amphisbaena persephone Pinna, Mendonça, Bocchiglieri & Fernandes, 2014: 340

Holotype: MNRJ 23581, adult ♂.

Type locality: “fragment of Cerrado vegetation in Jatobá farm (13º53'S, 45º42'W, datum SAD 69), municipality of Jaborandi, southwestern region of the state of Bahia, close to the border with the state of Goiás, northeastern Brazil.”

References

Primary references

• Pinna, P.H., Mendonça, A.F., Bocchiglieri, A. & Fernandes, D.S. 2014. A new species of Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 from a Cerrado region in Bahia, northeastern Brazil (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Herpetologica 70(3): 339–349. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-13-00039 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Amphisbaena persephone. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 April 2017.