Amphisbaena absaberi

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 absaberi

Name

Amphisbaena absaberi (Strüssmann & Carvalho, 2001)

• Holotype: ZUEC 1532, ♂, collected by Christine Strüssmann, Marcos A. Carvalho and Maria I. Castrillón on 15 January 1993.
• Type locality: “Mato Grosso: Cáceres (16°10'S, 57°41'W), in a recently disturbed "cerradão" area near the entrance of "Curtume Tannery" in the so called "Distrito Industrial"”.

Combinations

• Cercolophia absaberi Strüssmann & Carvalho, 2001: 497 [original combination]
• Amphisbaena absaberi — Mott & Vieites, 2009: 199 [subsequent combination, by implication]

References

Primary references

• Strüssmann, C. & Carvalho, M.A. 2001. Two new species of Cercolophia Vanzolini, 1992 from the state of Mato Grosso, western Brazil (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae). Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 18(2): 487–505. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Mott, T. & Vieites, D.R. 2009. Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51(2): 190–200. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.01.014 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 absaberi  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176235A159222816. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T176235A159222816.pt. Accessed on 12 December 2023.