Amphisbaena caetitensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Superfamilia: Lacertoidea Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: Amphisbaena caetitensis

Name

Amphisbaena caetitensis Almeida, Freitas, Silva, Valverde, Rodrigues, Pires & Mott, 2018: 554

• Holotype: MUFAL 13635, immature ♂, collected by A.M. Pires between 25–27 April 2017.
• Type locality: “Fazenda do Engenho (13°50’48”S, 42°16’29”W), 854m of elevation, in the municipality of Caetité, Bahia State, northeastern Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Almeida, J.P.F.A. de, Freitas, M.A. de, Silva, M.B. da, Valverde, M.C.C., Rodrigues, M.T., Pires, A.M. & Mott, T. 2018. A new four-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4514(4): 553–562. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.8 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Amphisbaena caetitensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 May 2019.