Trilepida acutirostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: 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

Trilepida acutirostris (Pinto & Curcio, 2011)

Holotype: CHUNB 35648, adult ♀, collected by unknown collector on 22 February 2004.
Type locality: “Brazil, Tocantins, municipality of Almas, 11°31’ 00’’S, 47°09’00’’W, ca. 397 m elevation”.

Pinto, R.R. & Curcio, F.F. 2011. On the Generic Identity of Siagonodon brasiliensis, with the Description of a New Leptotyphlopid from Central Brazil (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Copeia 2011(1): 53–63. DOI: 10.1643/CH-09-119 Reference page.
Martins, A., Folly, M., Ferreira, G.N., Garcia da Silva, A.S., Koch, C., Fouquet, A., Machado, A., Lopes, R.T., Pinto, R., Rodrigues, M.T. & Passos, P. 2023. An evolutionary paradox on threadsnakes: Phenotypic and molecular evidence reveal a new and remarkably polymorphic species of Siagonodon (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) from Amazonia. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 345–366. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e98170 Reference page.

Rodrigues, M.T. & Puorto, G. 1994. On the second specimen of Leptotyphlops brasiliensis Laurent, 1949 (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 28: 393–394.

Silveira, A.L., Prudente, A.L. da C., Argôlo , A.J.S., Abrahão, C.R., Nogueira, C. de C., Strüssmann, C., Loebmann, D., Barbo, F.E., Franco, F.L., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Zaher, H. el D., Borges-Martins, M., Martins, M.R.C., Oliveira , M.E., Hoogmoed, M.S., Marques, O.A.V., Passos, P.G.H., Bérnils, R.S., Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A., Sawaya, R.J. & Guedes da Costa, T.B. 2019. IUCN: Trilepida acutirostris (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T56050402A123740661. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T56050402A123740661.en. Accessed on 10 December 2025.