Amerotyphlops costaricensis

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

Amerotyphlops costaricensis (Jiménez & Savage, 1963)

Holotype: LACM 26767 (formerly MNCR 1960).
Type locality: “Monteverde, Sierra de Tiláran, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica, elevation 1500 m.”

Typhlops costaricensis Jiménez & Savage, 1963: 199 [original combination]
Amerotyphlops costaricensis — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 44 [name combination]

Jiménez, A. & Savage, J.M. [1962] 1963. A new blind snake (genus Typhlops) from Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical 10(2): 199–203.
Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page.