Amphisbaena amethysta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia

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 Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: Amphisbaena amethysta

Name

Amphisbaena amethysta Ribeiro, Santos Jr., Martins, Oliveira, Graboski, Silveira, Benício & Vaz-Silva, 2024: 3

• Holotype: CEPB 2311, ♂, collected by Faunal Rescue Team Tecsam (F. Santos, P. Belufi and G. Nascimento) on 1 November 2022.
• Type locality: “municipality of Caetité, state of Bahia, Brazil; [14°21'31"S, 42°32'19"W; 1012 m above sea level (a.s.l.)]”.

References

Primary references

• Ribeiro, S., Santos Jr., A.P., Martins, I.G., Oliveira, E.C.S., Graboski, R., Silveira, T.B., Benício, M.H.M. & Vaz-Silva, W. 2024. A new four-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from the north of Espinhaço Mountain Range, Brazil. ZooKeys 1213: 1–27. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1213.122265 Reference page.