Antillotyphlops granti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Typhlopinae
Genus: Antillotyphlops
Species: Antillotyphlops granti

Name

• Antillotyphlops granti (Ruthven & Gaige, 1935)

Holotype: UMMZ 76669.

Type locality: “Caja de Muertos (eight miles off Ponce, Puerto Rico).”

Combinations

• Typhlops granti Ruthven & Gaige, 1935: 2 [original combination]
• Antillotyphlops granti — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 44 [name combination]

References

Priamry references

• Ruthven, A.G. & Gaige, H.T. 1935. Observations on Typhlops from Puerto Rico and some of the adjacent islands. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 307: 1–12. handle
• Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2019. Antillotyphlops granti. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 December 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Grant's Worm Snake