Trilepida fuliginosa

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

Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Epictinae
Genus: Trilepida
Species: Trilepida fuliginosa

Name

• Trilepida fuliginosa (Passos, Caramaschi & Pinto, 2006)

Holotype: MNRJ 10034, adult ♀.

Type locality: “in the Rio Preto during the fauna rescue of the Queimados Hydroelectric Plant, between Municipalities of Luziânia (16º15’S, 46º57’W), State of Goiás, and Unaí (16º21’S, 46º54’W), State of Minas Gerais, Brazil”.

Combinations

• Leptotyphlops fuliginosus Passos, Caramaschi & Pinto, 2006: 351 [original combination]
• Tricheilostoma fuliginosum — Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges, 2009: 10 [subsequent combination]
• Trilepida fuliginosa — Hedges, 2011: 63 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Passos, P., Caramaschi, U. & Pinto, R.R. 2006. Redescription of Leptotyphlops koppesi Amaral, 1954, and description of a new species of the Leptotyphlops dulcis group from Central Brazil (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 27(3): 347–357. DOI: 10.1163/156853806778190006 Reference page. 
• Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244(1): 1–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2244.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Trilepida fuliginosa. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 June 2018.