Bachia whitei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

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 Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Bachiini
Genus: Bachia
Species: Bachia whitei

Name

• Bachia whitei Murphy, Salvi, Santos, Braswell, Charles, Borzeé & Jowers, 2019: 335

Holotype: USNM 227942, adult ♂, collected by Alvin L. Braswell on 21 December 1978.

Type locality: “Hillsborough Dam, Tobago (11°13′ 32″N, 60°40′ 10″W)”.

References

Primary references

• Murphy, J.C., Salvi, D., Santos, J.L., Braswell, A.L., Charles, S.P., Borzeé, A. & Jowers, M.J. 2019. The reduced limbed lizards of the genus Bachia (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae); biogeography, cryptic diversity, and morphological convergence in the eastern Caribbean. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 19(2): 321–340. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-019-00393-4 Reference page. 

Links

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