Mesobaena

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: Mesobaena
Species (2): M. huebneri – M. rhachicephala

Name

Mesobaena Mertens, 1925: 170

• Type species: Mesobaena huebneri Mertens, 1925, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Mertens, R. 1925. Eine neue Eidechsengattung aus der Familie der Leposterniden. Senckenbergiana 7(5): 170–171.

Additional references

• Gans, C. 1971. Redescription of three monotypic genera of amphisbaenians from South America: Aulura Barbour, Bronia Gray, and Mesobaena Mertens. American Museum Novitates 2475: 1–31. hdl: 2246/2683
• Hoogmoed, M.S., Pinto, R.R., Rocha, W.A. & Pereira, E.G. 2009. A new species of Mesobaena Mertens, 1925 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Brazilian Guiana, with a key to the Amphisbaenidae of the Guianan region. Herpetologica 65(4): 436–448. DOI: 10.1655/08-062.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mesobaena . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 March 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Amazonian Dwarf Worm Lizards