Amphisbaena mebengokre

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 mebengokre

Name

Amphisbaena mebengokre Ribeiro, Sá, Santos Jr., Graboski, Zaher, Guedes, Andrade & Vaz-Silva, 2019: 303

• Holotype: MNRJ 25189, adult ♂, collected by Jafi M. Carmo and Wilian Vaz-Silva on 22 November 2012.
• Type locality: “on the banks of the Caiapó River (16º27’25’’S, 51º22’41’’W; 464 m above of sea level; datum = WGS84) near to the Hydroelectric Power Plant Santo Antônio do Caiapó, Municipality of Arenópolis, State of Goiás, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Ribeiro, S., Sá, V., Santos Jr., A.P., Graboski, R., Zaher, H., Guedes, A.G., Andrade, S.P. & Vaz-Silva, W. 2019. A new species of the Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado with a key for the two-pored species. Zootaxa 4550(3): 301–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.3.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Amphisbaena mebengokre. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 June 2019.