Amphisbaena gonavensis

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 gonavensis

Name

• Amphisbaena gonavensis Gans & Alexander, 1962: 111

Holotype: YPM 3384, ♂, collected by Philip S. Humphreys on February-April 1959.

Type locality: “Point-à-Roquettes, Gonave Island, Haiti”.

Combinations

• Amphisbaena innocens gonavensis Gans & Alexander, 1962: 111 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Amphisbaena gonavensis — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991: 559 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Gans, C. & Alexander, A.A. 1962. Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2. On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 128(3): 65–158. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Amphisbaena gonavensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.
• Hedges, B., Inchaustegui, S. & Landestoy, M. 2016. IUCN: Amphisbaena gonavensis  (Critically Endangered) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T74855790A115480729. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T74855790A75171316.en

Vernacular names

English: Gonave Worm Lizard