Typhlops jamaicensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea
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 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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Scolecophidia Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Typhlops jamaicensis (Shaw, 1802) [conserved name]

Neotype: KU 269908, adult ♂, collected by Albert Schwartz on 25 July 1961. [designated by Opinion 2323 (2013: 212)]
Type locality: “St. James, 1 mile South of Reading (18°23’32”N, 77°51’35”W, 493 m elevation, datum WGS 84), Jamaica” via neotype designation.
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (Opinion 2323: 212).

Shaw, G. 1802. General zoology or systematic natural history. Volume III. Amphibia. Thomas Davison: London. Part I: vi + 1–312 pp. BHL; Part II: v + 313–615 pp. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2013. Opinion 2323 (Case 3527) Anguis jamaicensis Shaw, 1802 (currently Typhlops jamaicensis; Reptilia, Serpentes): specific name conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 70(3): 212–213. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v70i3.a3 ; BHL Reference page.

Domínguez, M. & Díaz, Jr., R.E. 2011. Case 3527. Anguis jamaicensis Shaw, 1802 (currently Typhlops jamaicensis; Reptilia, Serpentes): proposed conservation of the specific name by ruling that it is not to be treated as a replacement name for A. lumbricalis Linnaeus, 1758 (currently T. lumbrica) and the designation of neotypes for both taxa. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 68(3): 197–203. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v68i3.a13 Reference page.

Hedges, B. & Wilson, B.S. 2016. IUCN: Typhlops jamaicensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T178556A77339454. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178556A77339454.en. Accessed on 07 December 2025.