Taxonomy Profile: Bipes (Latreille in Sonnini and Latreille 1801)

Bipes: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Bipes: 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 : Bipedidae
Two-legged Worm Lizards |
Genus : Bipes
Bipes Direct Children(s):
Bipes biporus
(Cope 1894)
Bipes canaliculatus
(Latreille in Sonnini and Latreille 1801)
Bipes tridactylus
(Dugès 1894)
Bipes: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Bipes
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Bipes
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Bipes
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:
Bipes
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Bipes
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar, Hobart M. Smith, David Chiszar, and Graciela Zamudio
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2004-05-01 / 2004-05-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Long-Neglected Information on the Discovery of Bipes (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
International Society for the History and Bibliography of Herpetology Newsletter and Bulletin, vol. 5, no. 1
Page(s):
18-22
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1404-3815
Notes:
Available online at http://www.t-ad.net/ishbh/pub.html
Reference for:
Bipes
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:
Bipes
Bipes: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Bipes: Comments