Leposternon kisteumacheri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Lacertoidea Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Leposternon
Species: Leposternon kisteumacheri

Name

Leposternon kisteumacheri Porto, Soares & Caramaschi, 2000: 2

• Holotype: MNRJ 4041, adult ♂, collected by M. Porto in November 1989.
• Type locality: “Brasil - Minas Gerais: Municipality of Manga, Mocambinho (14°47’S, 43°55’W)”.

References

Primary references

• Porto, M., Soares, M.A. & Caramaschi, U. 2000. A new species of Leposternon Wagler, 1824 from Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a key to the species of the genus (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional. Nova Série, Zoologia 412: 1–10. 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: Leposternon kisteumacheri  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T75160487A154323982. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75160487A154323982.en. Accessed on 09 February 2026.