Siagonodon

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Siagonodon
Species: S. acutirostris – S. borrichianus – S. brasiliensis – S. cupinensis – S. septemstriatus
Name

Siagonodon Peters, 1881

Type species: Anguis septem-striatus Schneider, 1801, by original description.
Synonyms

Typhlina Wagler, 1830: 196. Type species: Acontias lineatus Reinwardt [Nomen nudum] and Typhlops sentemstriatus. Schneider, 1801, by monotypy; suppressed by ICZN, 1982, Opinion 1207.
Catadon A.-M.-C. Dumeril and Bibron, 1844: 318. Type species: Anguis septem-striatus Schneider, 1801, by monotypy. [Preoccupied by Catadon Linnaeus, 1761: Cetacea.]

References

Peters W.C.H. 1881: Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen. 1. Uebersicht der zu den Familien der Typhlopes und Stenostomi gehörigen Gattungen oder Untergattungen. 2. Ueber eine neue Art von Tachydromus aus dem Amurlande. 3. Ueber die von Herrn Dr. finsch aus Polynesien gesandten Reptilien. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 4: 69–72.
Roberta R. Pinto1 & Felipe F. Curcio 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: 0.1643/CH-09-119.
Solny A. Adalsteinsson, William R. Branch , Sébastien Trape , Laurie J. Vitt & S. Blair Hedges 2009: Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata) Zootaxa, 2244: 1–50

Siagonodon is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. All of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

The genus contains the following species:[1]

Siagonodon acutirostris
Siagonodon borrichianus, Degerbol's blind snake
Siagonodon cupinensis, Mato Grosso blind snake
Siagonodon septemstriatus, Seven-striped blind snake

References

" Siagonodon ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.