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

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Typhlopinae
Genus: Antillotyphlops
Species: Antillotyphlops catapontus

Name

  • Antillotyphlops catapontus (Thomas, 1966)

Holotype: MCZ 77220, adult indet.

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

Combinations

  • 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]

References

Priamry references

  • 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
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