Amphisbaena cuiabana

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 cuiabana

Name

Amphisbaena cuiabana (Strüssmann & Carvalho, 2001)

• Holotype: ZUEC 2083 (formerly UFMT 2573), ♂, collected by Christine Strüssmann and Marcos A. Carvalho on January 1997.
• Type locality: “Brasil: Mato Grosso: Cuiabá (15°36'S, 56°06' W), in a recently disturbed cerrado area at the urban district named COOPHEMA”.

Combinations

• Cercolophia cuiabana Strüssmann & Carvalho, 2001: 487 [original combination]
• Amphisbaena cuiabana — 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 cuiabana  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T75159809A75159840. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75159809A75159840.pt. Accessed on 12 December 2023.