Amerotyphlops caetanoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

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 Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Typhlopinae
Genus: Amerotyphlops
Species: Amerotyphlops caetanoi

Name

Amerotyphlops caetanoi Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Silva, Prudente, Pinto, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher, 2022: 726

• Holotype: MZUSP S-023380 (field number MTR 19921), adult ♀, collected by Ana C.Q. Carnaval, José C. Silva, Marco A. Sena, Mauro Teixeira Jr., Miguel T. Rodrigues, Renata C. Amaro and Renato Recoder on 15 December 2010.
• Type locality: “Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, on BR 144 Road, municipality Lençóis (12°32′44.682′′ S, 41°21′50.364′′ W; c. 493 m a.s.l.), state of Bahia, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Graboski, R., Arredondo, J.C., Grazziotin, F.G., Guerra-Fuentes, R.A., Silva, A.A.A., Prudente, A.L.C., Pinto, R.R., Rodrigues, M.T., Bonatto, S.L. & Zaher, H. [2022] 2023. Revealing the cryptic diversity of the widespread and poorly known South American blind snake genus Amerotyphlops (Typhlopidae: Scolecophidia) through integrative taxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(3): 719–751. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac059 Reference page.