Amphisbaena uroxena

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: Amphisbaena uroxena

Name

Amphisbaena uroxena Mott, Rodrigues, Freitas & Silva, 2008: 172

• Holotype: MZUSP 95987, immature ♀, collected by Marco Antonio de Freitas and Thai´s Figueiredo Santos Silva on 8 December 2005.
• Type locality: “Fazenda Caraibas (13°09’49’’S, 41°24’19’’W), district of Cascavel, municipality of Mucugê, Serra do Espinhaço (Chapada Diamantina), state of Bahia, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Mott, T., Rodrigues, M.T., Freitas, M.A. & Silva, T.F.S. 2008. New Species of Amphisbaena with a Nonautotomic and Dorsally Tuberculate Blunt Tail From State of Bahia, Brazil (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae). Journal of Herpetology 42(1): 172–175. DOI: 10.1670/07-074R2.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mott, T., Rodrigues, M.T. & Freitas, M.A. de 2011. Amphisbaena uroxena Mott, Rodrigues, De Freitas and Silva 2008 (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) shows sexual dimorphism in precloacal pores. Zootaxa 3043: 33–34. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3043.1.3

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Amphisbaena uroxena. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 April 2023.
• Silveira, A.L., da Rocha, C., Nogueira, C. de C., Werneck, F., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Kiefer, M., de Freitas, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S.T., Valadão, R., Cardoso Vieira, R., Perez Maciel, R., Gomes Faria, R., Recoder, R., D'Ávila, R., Torquato da Silva, S., de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. & Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2021. IUCN: Amphisbaena uroxena  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T75161937A154324605. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75161937A154324605.en. Accessed on 06 April 2023.