Antillotyphlops granti

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: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Typhlopinae
Genus: Antillotyphlops
Species: Antillotyphlops granti

Name

Antillotyphlops granti (Ruthven & Gaige, 1935)

• Holotype: UMMZ 76669, collected by Chapman Grant on 20 April 1931.
• Type locality: “Caja de Muertos (eight miles off Ponce, Puerto Rico)”.
• Paratypes (4): UMMZ 76670 and 76671, and MCZ R-38301 and R-38302.

Combinations

• Typhlops granti Ruthven & Gaige, 1935: 2 [original combination]
• Antillotyphlops granti — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 44 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Ruthven, A.G. & Gaige, H.T. 1935. Observations on Typhlops from Puerto Rico and some of the adjacent islands. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 307: 1–12. hdl: 2027.42/56746 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

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Antillotyphlops granti. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 February 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Grant's Worm Snake