Amerotyphlops reticulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Typhlopinae
Genus: Amerotyphlops
Species: Amerotyphlops reticulatus

Name

  • Amerotyphlops reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Neotype: RMNH 7660, subadult ♂. [designated by Dixon & Hendricks (1979: 25)]

Type locality: “America”, fixed by neotype designation as “Paramaribo, Suriname” by Dixon & Hendricks (1979: 25).

Combinations

  • Anguis reticulata Linnaeus, 1758: 228 [original combination]
  • Typhlops reticulatus - Duméril & Bibron, 1844: 282 [name combination]
  • Amerotyphlops reticulatus — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 44 [name combination]

References

Primary references

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii
  • Dixon, J.R. & Hendricks, F.S. 1979. The wormsnakes (family Typhlopidae) of the neotropics, exclusive of the Antilles. Zoologische Verhandelingen 173: 1–39.

Vernacular names

English: Reticulate Worm Snake
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