Trilepida macrolepis

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 macrolepis

Name

Trilepida macrolepis (Peters, 1857)

Lectotype: ZMB 1434, adult indet. [designated by Orejas-Miranda (1967)]

Type locality: “Caracas and Puerto Cabello, Venezuela”; restricted to Puerto Cabello (1025'23 N, 6800'45 W), Carabobo State, Venezuela by Orejas-Miranda (1967).

Combinations

Stenostoma macrolepis Peters 1857: 402 [original combination]
Stenostoma (Tricheilostoma) macrolepis — Jan 1861: 190 [name combination]
Glauconia macrolepis — Boulenger 1893: 69 [name combination]
Leptotyphlops macrolepis — Ruthven 1922: 64 [name combination]
Tricheilostoma macrolepis — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009: 11 [name combination]
Trilepida macrolepis — Hedges 2011: 63 [name combination]

Synonyms

Leptotyphlops ihlei Brongersma, 1933: 175 [synonymised by Orejas-Miranda (1966: 1)]
- Holotype: {{rl|RMNH 4466.
- Type locality: “Toegoemoetoe, Surinam [=Suriname].”

References

Primary references

Peters, W. 1857. Vier neue amerikanische Schlangen aus der familie der Typhlopinen und darüber einige vorläufige Mittheilungen. Monatsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1857(1): 402–403.
Brongersma, L.D. 1933. A new species of Leptotyphlops from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 15: 175–176.
Orejas-Miranda, B.R. 1966. Notas sobre la familia Leptotyphlopidae, I-II. I.– Revalidación de Leptotyphlops cupinensis Bailey & Carvalho, 1946. II.– Sinonimización de L. ihlei Brongersma, 1933 con L. macrolepis (Peters, 1881). Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 9(108): 1–3.
Orejas-Miranda, B.R. 1967. El genero “Leptotyphlops en la Región Amazónica. Atas do Simpósio sobre a Biota Amazônica, 5(Zoologia): 421–442.

Additional references

Pinto, R.R. & Fernandes, R. 2017. Morphological variation of Trilepida macrolepis (Peters 1857), with reappraisal of the taxonomic status of Rena affinis (Boulenger 1884) (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae). Zootaxa 4244(2): 246–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.2.6. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Trilepida macrolepis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 May 2017.