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Trinidad Bachia
Bachia trinitatis (Barbour, 1914)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Trinidad Worm Lizard (Bachia trinitatis) . Species of reptile.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Bachia trinitatis, commonly known as the Trinidad bachia, Trinidad worm lizard, or Trinidad hex-scaled bachia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is found in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
Wikipedia contributors, Bachia trinitatis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:51:26.644587+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bachia trinitatis (Barbour, 1914)
- Name authority
- (Barbour, 1914)
- Common name
- Trinidad Bachia
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Genus
- Bachia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyGymnophthalmidae
- genusBachia
- speciesBachia trinitatis (Barbour, 1914)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Bachia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bachia lineata Boulenger, 1903 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Two-colored BachiaBachia bicolor (Cope, 1896) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bresslau's BachiaBachia bresslaui (Amaral, 1935) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dorbigny's BachiaBachia dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| LaGuaira BachiaBachia heteropa (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bachia micromela Rodrigues, Pavan & Curcio, 2007 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bachia pyburni Kizirian & Mcdiarmid, 1998 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bachia scaea Teixeira, Dal Vechio, Sales-Nunes, Mollo-Neto, Moreira-Lobo, Storti, Junqueira-Gaiga, Freire-Dias & Rodrigues, 2013 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ruthven's BachiaBachia talpa Ruthven, 1925 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bachia psamophila Rodrigues, Pavan & Curcio, 2007 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-lined BachiaBachia flavescens (Bonnaterre, 1789) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bachia panoplia Thomas, 1965 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Scolecosaurus trinitatis Barbour, 1914 Barbour, 1914 | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Bachia&species=trinitatis Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8GQSG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.