Levitonius mirus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

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 Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Cyclocoridae
Genus: Levitonius
Species: Levitonius mirus

Name

Levitonius mirus Weinell, Paluh, Siler & Brown, 2020: 912

• Holotype: PNM 9872 (formerly KU 337269; field tag number RMB 19087), adult ♂, collected by Kerry Cobb and Rafe M. Brown on 17 June 2014.
• Type locality: “Barangay San Rafael, Taft, Eastern Samar Province, Samar Island, Philippines, elevation 187 m above sea level (asl), 11.8298N, 125.2768E”.

References

Primary references

• Weinell, J.L., Paluh, D.J., Siler, C.D. & Brown, R.M. 2020. A New, Miniaturized Genus and Species of Snake (Cyclocoridae) from the Philippines. Copeia 108(4): 907–923. DOI: 10.1643/CH2020110 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Waray Dwarf Burrowing Snake