Tropidophis cacuangoae

Tropidophis cacuangoae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anilioidea

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 Infraordo: Alethinophidia Superfamilia: Anilioidea

Familia: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Tropidophis
Species: Tropidophis cacuangoae

Name

Tropidophis cacuangoae Ortega-Andrade, Bentley, Koch, Yánez-Muñoz & Entiauspe-Neto, 2022: 9

• Holotype: DHMECN 16725, adult ♂, collected by H.M. Ortega-Andrade.
• Type locality: “Ecuador, Napo Province, San Juan de Muyuna Municipality, Reserva Biológica Colonso Chalupas, Campamento 2; 0.93370 N, 77.92239 W; alt. 1613 m”.

References

Primary references

• Ortega-Andrade, H.M., Bentley, A., Koch, C., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H. & Entiauspe-Neto, O.M. 2022. A time relic: a new species of dwarf boa, Tropidophis Bibron, 1840 (Serpentes: Amerophidia), from the Upper Amazon Basin. European Journal of Taxonomy 854: 1–107. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.854.2021 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tropidophis cacuangoae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 February 2023.