Amphisbaena persephone

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia

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 Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: Amphisbaena persephone

Name

• Amphisbaena persephone Pinna, Mendonça, Bocchiglieri & Fernandes, 2014: 340

Holotype: MNRJ 23581, adult ♂.

Type locality: “fragment of Cerrado vegetation in Jatobá farm (13º53'S, 45º42'W, datum SAD 69), municipality of Jaborandi, southwestern region of the state of Bahia, close to the border with the state of Goiás, northeastern Brazil.”

References

Primary references

• Pinna, P.H., Mendonça, A.F., Bocchiglieri, A. & Fernandes, D.S. 2014. A new species of Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 from a Cerrado region in Bahia, northeastern Brazil (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Herpetologica 70(3): 339–349. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-13-00039 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Amphisbaena persephone. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 April 2017.