Mitophis calypso

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Epictinae
Genus: Mitophis
Species:

Mitophis calypso (Thomas, McDiarmid & Thompson, 1985)

Holotype: USNM 236659, adult ♂, collected by Roy W. McDiarmid on 22 February 1975.
Type locality: “6.5 km S Las Galeras, Provincia de Samana, Dominican Republic”.

Leptotyphlops calypso Thomas, McDiarmid & Thompson, 1985: 206 [original combination]

Thomas, R., McDiarmid, R.W. & Thompson, F.G. 1985. Three new species of thread snakes (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Hispaniola. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(1) 204–220. BHL; hdl: 10088/4581 Reference page.

Hedges, B., Landestoy, M. & Inchaustegui, S. 2016. IUCN: Mitophis calypso (Critically Endangered) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75601065A115484371. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75601065A75607589.en