Trilepida acutirostris

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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

Trilepida acutirostris (Pinto & Curcio, 2011)

Holotype: CHUNB 35648, adult ♀, collected by unknown collector on 22 February 2004.
Type locality: “Brazil, Tocantins, municipality of Almas, 11°31’ 00’’S, 47°09’00’’W, ca. 397 m elevation”.

Pinto, R.R. & Curcio, F.F. 2011. On the Generic Identity of Siagonodon brasiliensis, with the Description of a New Leptotyphlopid from Central Brazil (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Copeia 2011(1): 53–63. DOI: 10.1643/CH-09-119 Reference page.
Martins, A., Folly, M., Ferreira, G.N., Garcia da Silva, A.S., Koch, C., Fouquet, A., Machado, A., Lopes, R.T., Pinto, R., Rodrigues, M.T. & Passos, P. 2023. An evolutionary paradox on threadsnakes: Phenotypic and molecular evidence reveal a new and remarkably polymorphic species of Siagonodon (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) from Amazonia. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 345–366. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e98170 Reference page.

Rodrigues, M.T. & Puorto, G. 1994. On the second specimen of Leptotyphlops brasiliensis Laurent, 1949 (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 28: 393–394.

English: Pointed-snout Worm Snake