Cubatyphlops epactius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea
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 Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Cubatyphlops epactius (Thomas, 1968)

Holotype: MCZ 92048, adult ♂, collected by Richard Thomas on 24 March 1967.
Type locality: “5.4 mi E West End, southern coastal platform, Cayman Brac, [Cayman Islands], British West Indies”.

Typhlops biminiensis epactia Thomas, 1968: 715 [original combination, as subspecies]
Typhlops epactius — Thomas & Hedges, 2007: 13 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
Cubatyphlops epactius — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 44 [subsequent combination]

Thomas, R. 1968. The Typhlops biminiensis Group of Antillean Blind Snakes. Copeia 1968(4): 713–722. DOI: 10.2307/1441839 Reference page.
Thomas, R. & Hedges, S.B. 2007. Eleven new species of snakes of the genus Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Hispaniola and Cuba. Zootaxa 1400: 1–26. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

English: Cayman Brac Blind Snake