Antillotyphlops catapontus

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

Holotype: MCZ 77220, adult indet.

Type locality: “island of Anegada, British Virgin Islands, in the vicinity of the Settlement.”

Typhlops richardi catapontus Thomas, 1966: 190 [original combination, as subspecies]
Typhlops catapontus — Hedges & Thomas, 1991: 457 [name combination, elevate to species]
Antillotyphlops catapontus — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 44 [name combination]

Thomas, R. [1965] 1966. A reassessment of the Virgin Islands Typhlops with the description of two new subspecies. Revista de Biología Tropical 13(2): 187–201.
Hedges, S.B. & Thomas, R. 1991. Cryptic species of snakes (Typhlopidae: Typhlops) from the Puerto Rico Bank detected by protein electrophoresis. Herpetologica 47(4): 448–459. JSTOR
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.