Liotyphlops ternetzii

Liotyphlops ternetzii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Anomalepididae
Genus: Liotyphlops
Species: Liotyphlops ternetzii

Name

Liotyphlops ternetzii (Boulenger, 1896)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.77, collected by C. Ternetz.
• Type locality: “Paraguay”.

Combinations

• Helminthophis ternetzii Boulenger, 1896: 584 [original combination]
• Liotyphlops ternetzii — Smith & Grant, 1958: 207 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Helminthophis beui Amaral, 1924: 25 [synonymised by Marra-Santos (2023: 103)]
  • Holotype: IBSP 1806.
  • Type locality: “Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil”.

• Liotyphlops sousai Marra-Santos & Reis, 2018: 507
  • Holotype: MZUSP-S 14975, collected by Cristiano Nogueira on 22 October 2002.
  • Type locality: “Brazil, Mato Grosso state, Municipality of Porto Estrela, Serra das Araras Ecological Station, 15°38’31’’S, 57°11’23’’W”.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 727 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Amaral, A. 1924. Helminthophis. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 9: 25–30.
• Marra-Santos, F.J. & Reis, R.E. 2018. Two New Blind Snake Species of the Genus Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes: Anomalepididae), from Central and South Brazil. Copeia 106(3): 507–514. DOI: 10.1643/CH-18-081 Reference page. 
• Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Franco, F.L., Koch, C., Tiutenko, A., Wingert, J.M. & Borges-Martins, M. 2023. More than meets no eyes: Taxonomic status of a Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) blindsnake from the Atlantic Rainforest. Zoologischer Anzeiger 303: 10–25. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2023.01.003 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Santos, F.J.M. 2023. A new species of the genus Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes, Anomalepididae) from Colombia and the synonymization of Liotyphlops beui (Amaral, 1924) with Liotyphlops ternetzii (Boulenger, 1896). Zookeys 1446ː 87–114. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1146.94607 Reference page. 

Links

• Nogueira, C. de C., Williams, J., Fitzgerald, L., Arzamendia, V. & Scrocchi, G. 2019. IUCN: Liotyphlops ternetzii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T203201A2762069. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203201A2762069.en

Vernacular names

English: Ternetz's Blind Snake