Cadea blanoides (STEJNEGER, 1916)
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Higher Taxa | Cadeidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Squamata |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Cuban Spotted Wormlizard, Spotted Amphisbaena |
Synonym | Amphisbaena Punctata BELL 1827 (nec WIED 1825) Amphisbaena caeca COCTEAU 1838? (non CUVIER 1839) Amphisbaena punctata — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 494 Cadea punctata — GRAY 1865: 372 Cadea blanoides STEJNEGER 1916:85 (nom. nov.) Cadea blanoides — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 563 Amphisbaena blanoides — POWELL 1996: 64 Cadea blanoides — VIDAL et al. 2007 |
Distribution | W Cuba, Isla de la Juventud
Type locality: Cuba.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.2.20. |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Recently assigned to Amphisbaena from Cadea (Hedges et al. 1992). Amphisbaena Punctata Bell 1827 is a junior homonym of Amphisbaena punctata Wied 1825.
Synonymy: partly after BRYGOO 1990.
Type species: Amphisbaena punctata Bell (= C. blanoides) is the type species of the genus Cadea GRAY 1844. |
References |
- Brygoo, E. R. 1990. Les types d'Amphisbaenidés, Pygopodidés, Xantusiidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - Catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 12 (ser. 4) A (3-4), suppl.: 3-18
- Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp. - get paper here
- Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - get paper here
- Hedges,S.B. et al. 1992. Caribbean biogeography: molecular evidence for dispersal in West Indian terrestrial vertebrates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 89: 1909-1913 - get paper here
- Powell, R., R. W. Henderson, K. Adler, And H. A. Dundee. 1996. An annotated checklist of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. In R. Powell and R. W. Henderson (eds.), Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz, p.51-93. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca (New York). Contributions to Herpetology, volume 12. [book review in Salamandra 36 (2): 136]
- Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes, Carlos A. Mancina & Vilma Rivalta González 2013. REPTILES OF CUBA: CHECKLIST AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (144): 1-96 - get paper here
- Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
- Stejneger, L. 1916. Notes on amphisbaenian nomenclature. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29:85. - get paper here
- Vidal, Nicolas; Anna Azvolinsky, Corinne Cruaud and S. Blair Hedges 2007. Origin of tropical American burrowing reptiles by transatlantic rafting. Biology Letters, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0531 - get paper here
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