Antillotyphlops platycephalus

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 Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Holotype: MNHN -RA-0.1066, collected by A. Plée between 1823–1825.

Type locality: “Martinique” (in error), corrected to “Puerto Rico” by Stejneger (1904: 557).

Typhlops platycephalus Duméril & Bibron, 1844: 293 [original combination]
Antillotyphlops platycephalus — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 44 [subsequent combination]

Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1844. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Sixième (In French). Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. XII + 610 pp. BHL 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.

English: Flathead Worm Snake

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