Leposternon mineiro

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: Leposternon
Species: Leposternon mineiro

Name

• Leposternon mineiro Ribeiro, Silveira & Santos Jr., 2018: 50

Holotype: MNRJ 16198, ♀, collected by A. L. Silveira on 21 December 2007.

Type locality: “in a remnant of Cerrado sensu stricto (typical savanna of Cerrado biome) near a weigh station on highway BR 040 in ‘‘Balança,’’ municipality of João Pinheiro, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 17º45’47”S, 46º09’12”W datum WGS84, 863 m.a.s.l.”.

References

Primary references

• Ribeiro, S., Silveira, A.L. & Santos Jr., A.P. 2018. A New Species of Leposternon (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Brazilian Cerrado with a Key to Pored Species. Journal of Herpetology 52(1): 50–58. DOI: 10.1670/16-125 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Leposternon mineiro. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 October 2018.