Amphisbaena saxosa

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 saxosa

Name

Amphisbaena saxosa (Castro-Mello, 2003)

• Holotype: MZUSP 91546, collected by R.C.A. Ghilardi et al. on 17 September 2001.
• Type locality: “Brasil: Tocantins: UHE Luis Eduardo Magalhães (09°45’S, 48°21’W)”.

Combinations

• Bronia saxosa Castro-Mello,2003: 139 [original combination]
• Amphisbaena saxosa — Mott & Vieites, 2009 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Castro-Mello, C. 2003. Nova espécie de Bronia Gray 1845, do estado do Tocantins, Brasil (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43(7): 139–143. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492003000700001
• Mott, T. & Vieites, D.R. 2009. Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51(2): 190–200. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.01.014 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 saxosa  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T75161595A154324640. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75161595A154324640.en. Accessed on 10 February 2026.