Cubatyphlops caymanensis

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea
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 Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Holotype: ANSP 22123.

Type locality: “between Pedro Point and North Sound, Grand Cayman Island, West Indies”.

Typhlops caymanensis — Sackett, 1940: 1 [name combination]
Cubatyphlops caymanensis — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 44 [name combination]

Sackett, J.T. 1940. Preliminary report on results of the West Indies-Guatemala expedition of 1940 for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part I. A new blind snake of the genus Typhlops. Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48: 1–2.
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.

English: Cayman Blindsnake