Mesobaena rhachicephala

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

Mesobaena rhachicephala Hoogmoed, Pinto, Rocha & Pereira, 2009: 437

Holotype: MNRJ 15324, adult ♂, collected by E.G. Pereira in November 2006.
Type locality: “Floresta Nacional Saracá-Taquera (01°50’S, 56°31’W, 83 m), Porto Trombetas, Munipality of Oriximiná, State of Para, Brazil”.

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.