Taxonomy Profile: Amphisbaena (Linnaeus 1758)

Amphisbaena: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Tropical Worm Lizards []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Amphisbaena: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Amphisbaenia
Worm Lizards |
Amphisbaenians |
Family : Amphisbaenidae
Tropical Worm Lizards |
Amphisbaenids |
Genus : Amphisbaena
Tropical Worm Lizards |
Amphisbaena Direct Children(s):
Amphisbaena bakeri
(Stejneger 1904)
Amphisbaena caeca
(Cuvier 1829)
Amphisbaena xera
(Thomas 1966)
Amphisbaena anomala
(Barbour 1914)
Amphisbaena alba
(Linnaeus 1758)
Amphisbaena anaemariae
(Vanzolini 1997)
Amphisbaena arenaria
(Vanzolini 1991)
Amphisbaena barbouri
(Gans and Alexander 1962)
Amphisbaena bolivica
(Mertens 1929)
Amphisbaena camura
(Cope 1862)
Amphisbaena carlgansi
(Thomas and Hedges 1998)
Amphisbaena caudalis
(Cochran 1928)
Amphisbaena cegei
(Montero Sáfadez and Álvarez 1997)
Amphisbaena crisae
(Vanzolini 1997)
Amphisbaena cubana
(Gundlach and Peters 1879)
Amphisbaena cunhai
(Hoogmoed and Avila 1991)
Amphisbaena darwinii
(Duméril and Bibron 1839)
Amphisbaena dubia
(L Müller 1924)
Amphisbaena frontalis
(Vanzolini 1991)
Amphisbaena fuliginosa
(Linnaeus 1758)
Amphisbaena gonavensis
(Gans and Alexander 1962)
Amphisbaena gracilis
(Strauch 1881)
Amphisbaena hastata
(Vanzolini 1991)
Amphisbaena heathi
(Schmidt 1936)
Amphisbaena hogei
(Vanzolini 1950)
Amphisbaena hyporissor
(Thomas 1965)
Amphisbaena ignatiana
(Vanzolini 1991)
Amphisbaena innocens
(Weinland 1862)
Amphisbaena leeseri
(Gans 1964)
Amphisbaena lumbricalis
(Vanzolini 1996)
Amphisbaena manni
(Barbour 1914)
Amphisbaena medemi
(Gans and Mathers 1977)
Amphisbaena mertensii
(Strauch 1881)
Amphisbaena miringoera
(Vanzolini 1971)
Amphisbaena mitchelli
(Procter 1923)
Amphisbaena munoai
(Klappenbach 1960)
Amphisbaena myersi
(Hoogmoed 1989)
Amphisbaena neglecta
(Dunn and Piatt 1936)
Amphisbaena plumbea
(Gray 1872)
Amphisbaena pretrei
(Duméril and Bibron 1839)
Amphisbaena ridleyi
(Boulenger 1890)
Amphisbaena rozei
(Lancini 1963)
Amphisbaena sanctaeritae
(Vanzolini 1994)
Amphisbaena silvestrii
(Boulenger 1902)
Amphisbaena slateri
(Boulenger 1907)
Amphisbaena slevini
(Schmidt 1936)
Amphisbaena spurrelli
(Boulenger 1915)
Amphisbaena stejnegeri
(Ruthven 1922)
Amphisbaena talisiae
(Vanzolini 1995)
Amphisbaena tragorrhectes
(Vanzolini 1971)
Amphisbaena bilabialata
(Stimson 1972)
Amphisbaena kingii
(Bell 1833)
Amphisbaena bedai
(Vanzolini 1991)
Amphisbaena kraoh
(Vanzolini 1971)
Amphisbaena bahiana
(Vanzolini 1964)
Amphisbaena borelli
(Peracca 1897)
Amphisbaena roberti
(Gans 1964)
Amphisbaena hiata
(Montero and Céspedez 2002)
Amphisbaena arda
(Rodrigues 2003)
Amphisbaena absaberi
(Strüssman and Carvalho 2001)
Amphisbaena cuiabana
(Strüssman and Carvalho 2001)
Amphisbaena ibijara
(Rodrigues and Andrade 2003)
Amphisbaena saxosa
(Castro-Mello 2003)
Amphisbaena leali
(Thomas 2006)
Amphisbaena cayemite
(Thomas 2006)
Amphisbaena uroxena
(Mott Rodrigues de Freitas and Silva 2008)
Amphisbaena townsendi
(Stejneger 1911)
Amphisbaena acrobeles
(Ribeiro Castro-Mello and Nogueira 2009)
Amphisbaena supernumeraria
(Mott Rodrigues and Dos Santos 2009)
Amphisbaena brevis
(Strüssmann and Mott 2009)
Amphisbaena carli
(Pinna Mendonça Bocchiglieri and Fernandes 2010)
Amphisbaena albocingulata
(Boettger 1885)
Amphisbaena maranhensis
(Gomes and Maciel 2012)
Amphisbaena caetitensis
(Almeida Freitas Silva Costa-Valverde Rodrigues Pires and Mott 2018)
Amphisbaena caiari
(Teixeira Jr Dal Vechio Neto and Rodrigues 2014)
Amphisbaena hoogmoedi
(Oliveira Vaz-Silva Santos-Jr Graboski Teixeira Jr Dal Vechio and Ribeiro 2018)
Amphisbaena kiriri
(Ribeiro Gomides and Costa 2018)
Amphisbaena mebengokre
(Ribeiro Sá Santos Jr Graboski Zaher Guedes Andrade and Vaz-Silva 2019)
Amphisbaena metallurga
(Costa Resende Teixeira Jr Vechio and Clemente 2015)
Amphisbaena persephone
(Pinna Mendonça Bocchiglieri and Fernandes 2014)
Amphisbaena tiaraju
(Perez and Borges-Martins 2019)
Amphisbaena filiformis
(Ribeiro Gomes Rodrigues Da Silva Cintra and Da Silva 2016)
Amphisbaena littoralis
(Roberto Brito and Avila 2014)
Amphisbaena nana
(Perez and Borges-Martins 2019)
Amphisbaena acangaoba
(Ribeiro Gomides and Costa 2020)
Amphisbaena arenicola
(Perez and Borges-Martins 2019)
Amphisbaena longinqua
(Texeira Junior Dal Vechio Recoder Cassimiro Sena and Rodrigues 2019)
Amphisbaena mongoyo
(Texeira Junior Dal Vechio Recoder Cassimiro Sena and Rodrigues 2019)
Amphisbaena: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Amphisbaena
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Amphisbaena
Source:
Reptile Database (2020)
Acquired:
2020-07-23
Notes:
Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2020) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org
Reference for:
Amphisbaena
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Gans, Carl
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-03-08 / 2005-03-08
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist and bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the world
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 289
Page(s):
1-130
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0003-0090
Notes:
Reference for:
Amphisbaena
Amphisbaena: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Amphisbaena: Comments