Amphisbaena carli

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 carli

Name

Amphisbaena carli Pinna, Mendonça, Bocchiglieri & Fernandes, 2010

• Holotype: MNRJ 19256, adult ♂, collected at 10:30 on 11 April 2009 by A. Bocchiglieri.
• Type locality: “Recently deforested Pinus spp. plantation area at Jatobá farm, 14°01’S / 45°54’W, municipality of Jaborandi, southwestern Bahia, Brazil”.
• Paratype: MNRJ 19257, adult ♂, found road killed between a Cerrado fragment and a Pinus spp. plantation area at Jatobá farm, 14°03’S / 45°52’W, on 30 January 2008 by A. Bocchiglieri and A. F. Mendonça.

References

Primary references

• Pinna, P.H., Mendonça, A.F., Bocchiglieri, A. & Fernandes, D.S. 2010. A new two-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus from the endangered Brazilian Cerrado biome (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Zootaxa 2569: 44–54. Preview Reference page.