Amphisbaena ridleyi

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 ridleyi

Name

Amphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger 1890: 481

• Lectotype: BMNH 88.1.19.7.
• Type locality: “Porto Bello, West Indies”.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1890. Notes on the Zoology of Fernando Noronha. Reptilia. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 20: 481–482. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Graboski, R., Grazziotin, F.G., Mott, T. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2022. The phylogenetic position of ridley's worm lizard reveals the complex biogeographic history of New World insular amphisbaenids. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173: 107518. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107518 Reference page. 

Links

• Silveira, A.L., da Rocha, C., Nogueira, C. de C., Werneck, F., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Kiefer, M., de Freitas, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S.T., Valadão, R., Cardoso Vieira, R., Perez Maciel, R., Gomes Faria, R., Recoder, R., D'Ávila, R., Torquato da Silva, S., de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. & Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2021. IUCN: Amphisbaena ridleyi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176231A159253001. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T176231A159253001.pt. Accessed on 29 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Ridley's Worm Lizard