Loxocemus bicolor

Loxocemus bicolor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea

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: Booidea

Familia: Loxocemidae
Genus: Loxocemus
Species: Loxocemus bicolor

Name

• Loxocemus bicolor Cope, 1861: 77

Holotype: USNM 4948.

Type locality: “La Union, El Salvador.”

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1861. Remarks on Reptiles (Diphalus; Amphisbaena angustifrons; Loxocemus Cope). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 75–77. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Loxocemus bicolor. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 May 2018.
• Chaves, G., Lamar, W., Porras, L.W., Sunyer, J. & Solórzano, A. 2014. IUCN: Loxocemus bicolor  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T169678A1280046. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T169678A1280046.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Spitzkopfpython
English: Mexican Burrowing Python
Nederlands: Spitskoppython
norsk: Spisshodepyton

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