Mitophis leptepileptus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scolecophidia

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Superclassis: 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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Scolecophidia

Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Epictinae
Genus: Mitophis
Species: Mitophis leptepileptus

Name

Mitophis leptepileptus (Thomas, McDiarmid & Thompson, 1985)

• Holotype: USNM 236661, adult ♀, collected by native collectors and Richard Thomas on 19 July 1978.
• Type locality: “Soliette, 5 km airline NW Fond Verettes, 366 m, Departement de l'Ouest, Haiti”.

Combinations

• Leptotyphlops leptepileptus Thomas, McDiarmid & Thompson, 1985: 211 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, R., McDiarmid, R.W. & Thompson, F.G. 1985. Three new species of thread snakes (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Hispaniola. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(1) 204–220. BHL; hdl: 10088/4581 Reference page. 

Links

• Hedges, B., Inchaustegui, S. & Landestoy, M. 2016. IUCN: Mitophis leptepileptus  (Critically Endangered) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75601408A115484518. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75601408A75607594.en

Vernacular names

• English: Haitian Threadsnake