Amerotyphlops montanum

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 montanum

Name

Amerotyphlops montanum Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Guerra-Fuentes, Silva, Prudente, Pinto, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher, 2022: 731

• Holotype: MZUSP 20065 (field number MTR 16379), adult ♀, collected by Augustín Camacho, José Cassimiro, Mauro Teixeira Jr., Miguel T. Rodrigues, Renata C. Amaro and Renato Recoder on 6 March 2009.
• Type locality: “Parque Nacional Serra das Lontras (15°11′46.32′′ S, 39°20′54.24′′ W; c. 234 m a.s.l.), municipality of Arataca, 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.