Mesobaena rhachicephala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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: Mesobaena
Species: Mesobaena rhachicephala

Name

Mesobaena rhachicephala Hoogmoed, Pinto, Rocha & Pereira, 2009: 437

• Holotype: MNRJ 15324, adult ♂, collected by E.G. Pereira in November 2006.
• Type locality: “Floresta Nacional Saracá-Taquera (01°50’S, 56°31’W, 83 m), Porto Trombetas, Munipality of Oriximiná, State of Para, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Hoogmoed, M.S., Pinto, R.R., Rocha, W.A. & Pereira, E.G. 2009. A new species of Mesobaena Mertens, 1925 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Brazilian Guiana, with a key to the Amphisbaenidae of the Guianan region. Herpetologica 65(4): 436–448. DOI: 10.1655/08-062.1 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: Mesobaena rhachicephala  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44551004A44551007. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44551004A44551007.pt. Accessed on 04 August 2026.