Amphisbaena schmidti

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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: Amphisbaena schmidti

Name

Amphisbaena schmidti Gans, 1964: 3

• Holotype: MCZ 73115, ♀, collected by M.J. Yelez, Jr. on 21 February 1960.
• Type locality: “Orilla (cuneta) Carretera Cano (P.R. road 113), Municipio de Isabela, Puerto Rico”.

References

Primary references

• Gans, C. 1964. Amphisbaena schmidti, a third species of the genus from Puerto Rico (Amphisbaena: Reptilia). Breviora 198: 1–11. BHL

Links

• Joglar, R., Powell, R., Hedges, B. & Thomas, R. 2016. IUCN: Amphisbaena schmidti  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T176232A71741832. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T176232A71741832.en. Accessed on 01 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Schmidt's Worm Lizard