MCZ Herpetology R-69444

Cubatyphlops perimychus (Thomas & Hedges, 2007)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1997-08-01

Central America: Cuba: Guantánamo Province: West Indies: Greater Antilles: Cuba | Guantanamo

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-69444 JSON-LD

Media type: 3D model; Herpetology R-69444 Description: CT scan of skull;

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Media type: 3D model; Herpetology R-69444 Description: CT scan of skeleton;

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Current Identification
Cubatyphlops perimychus (Thomas & Hedges, 2007)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Common Name(s): Guantanamo Bay Blindsnake
Determiner: Kristin Bakkegard on 2022-10-06
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identifications
Typhlops biminiensis biminiensis
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: Richmond
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Richmond/1955
Typhlops biminiensis
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: Richmond
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Richmond/1955
Cubatyphlops biminiensis (Richmond, 1955)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Common Name(s): Bahaman Slender Blindsnake
Determiner: José Rosado on 2017-06-19
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: Kristin Bakkegard, 14JUL2022, this is either Cubatyphlops perimychus or Typhlops lumbricalis. Cubatyphlops (Typhlops) biminiensis is now confined to the Bahamas (Thomas and Hedges 2007).

  • muse location number: ZR69421

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D By: Matt Gage 2022-01-21

  • None

  • Number of vertebrae: 273 (260+4+9, including a final fusion), as noted in Szyndlar & Georgalis, 2023

  • [Masked] reported: This is either Cubatyphlops perimychus or Typhlops lumbricalis. Cubatyphlops (Typhlops) biminiensis is now confined to the Bahamas (Thomas and Hedges 2007). commenting (2022-07-14) New

  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • State/Province:
  • Guantánamo Province
  • Island Group:
  • West Indies: Greater Antilles
  • Island:
  • Cuba
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001276 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Guantanamo
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba: Guantanamo, Oriente
  • Georeference:
  • 20.1453000°, -75.206100° (Error radius: 2.852km) By: Cesar Buitrago (MCZ) on 2004-10-01 (Source: Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 2850 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1997-08-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • R. V. Lando

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-69415; R-69416; R-69417; R-69418; R-69419; R-69420; R-69421; R-69422; R-69423; R-69424; R-69425; R-69426; R-69427; R-69428; R-69429; R-69430; R-69431; R-69432; R-69433; R-69434; R-69435; R-69436; R-69437; R-69438; R-69439; R-69440; R-69441; R-69442; R-69443; R-69444; R-69445; R-69446; R-69447; R-69448; R-69449; R-69450; R-69451; R-69452; R-69453; R-69454; R-69455; R-69456; R-69457; R-69458; R-69459; R-69460; R-69461; R-69462 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 066151-070854, pg.69;

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Ledger Entry for: 48 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-69415 Uromacer oxyrhynchus to MCZ:He...

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