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Issue: Vol. 5507 No. 4: 16 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5507.4.2
Page range: 534-548
Abstract views: 282
PDF downloaded: 17

Resurrection of Typhlops cubae Bibron, 1843 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), with taxonomic comments on the Typhlops lumbricalis species group

Departamento de Zoología/Pabellón Nacional de la Biodiversidad; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Circuito Centro Cultural; Zona Cultural; Ciudad Universitaria; Coyoacán; CDMX; C. P. 04510; México.; Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Unidad de Posgrado; Edificio D; 1° Piso; Circuito de Posgrados; Ciudad Universitaria; Coyoacán; C. P. 04510; CDMX; México.; Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática; Carretera Varona 11835 e/ Oriente y Lindero; La Habana 19; PO Box 11900; Calabazar; Boyeros; Havana; Cuba
Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid; CSIC; José Gutiérrez Abascal 2; 28006; Madrid; Spain.; Grupo Zoología de Vertebrados; Departamentos de Ciencias Ambientales y RecursosNaturales; Universidad de Alicante; Edificio de Ciencias III; Campus San Vicente del Raspeig; 03080; Alicante; Spain
Departamento de Zoología/Pabellón Nacional de la Biodiversidad; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Circuito Centro Cultural; Zona Cultural; Ciudad Universitaria; Coyoacán; CDMX; C. P. 04510; México
Reptilia External morphology nomenclature taxonomy Typhlops lumbricalis species group West Indies

Abstract

We resurrected Typhlops cubae Bibron, 1843, a species considered as a nomen dubium for the past 55 years. Based on a designated lectotype and nearly 80 additional specimens, we redescribed the species and compare it with other congeners from the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola Islands. We found that Typhlops cubae is related to the Typhlops lumbricalis species group, restricting its distribution to western Cuba and Isla de la Juventud, and overlapping with Typhlops pachyrhinus along the Pinar del Río and Artemisa provinces. We also provided additional comments about the taxonomy of other Cuban Typhlops updating their geographical distribution.

 

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