Cubatyphlops epactius
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Typhlopinae
Genus: Cubatyphlops
Species: Cubatyphlops epactius
Name
editCubatyphlops epactius (Thomas, 1968)
- Holotype: MCZ 92048, adult ♂, collected by Richard Thomas on 24 March 1967.
- Type locality: “5.4 mi E West End, southern coastal platform, Cayman Brac, [Cayman Islands], British West Indies”.
Combinations
edit- Typhlops biminiensis epactia Thomas, 1968: 715 [original combination, as subspecies]
- Typhlops epactius — Thomas & Hedges, 2007: 13 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
- Cubatyphlops epactius — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 44 [subsequent combination]
References
editPrimary references
edit- Thomas, R. 1968. The Typhlops biminiensis Group of Antillean Blind Snakes. Copeia 1968(4): 713–722. DOI: 10.2307/1441839 Reference page.
- Thomas, R. & Hedges, S.B. 2007. Eleven new species of snakes of the genus Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Hispaniola and Cuba. Zootaxa 1400: 1–26. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
- Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Links
edit- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cubatyphlops epactius. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 December 2017.