Bachia pallidiceps

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 pallidiceps

Name

• Bachia pallidiceps (Cope, 1862)

Holotype: USNM 4324. [lost fide Savage (2002: 520)]

Type locality: “Truando river region”, Chocó, Colombia.

Combinations

• Brachypus pallidiceps Cope, 1862: 356 [original combination]
• Scolecosaurus pallidiceps — Dunn, 1940: 116 [subsequent combination]
• Bachia pallidiceps — Vanzolini, 1961: 204 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1862. Catalogue of the Reptiles obtained during the Explorations of the Parana, Paraguay, Vermejo and Uraguay Rivers, by Capt. Thos. J. Page, U. S. N.; and of those procured by Lieut. N. Michler, U. S. Top. Eng., Commander of the Expedition conducting the Survey of the Atrato River. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 346–359. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bachia pallidiceps. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 September 2018.
• Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Bolívar, W. & Velasco, J. 2016. IUCN: Bachia pallidiceps  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203051A2759531. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203051A2759531.en

Vernacular names

English: Cope's Bachia