Amphisbaena steindachneri

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Amphisbaena steindachneri

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. steindachneri
Binomial name
Amphisbaena steindachneri
Strauch, 1881
Synonyms[2]
  • Amphisbaena steindachneri
    Strauch, 1881
  • Rhinoblanus oxyrhynchus
    Strauch, 1881
  • Cercolophia steindachneri
    — & , 2000
  • Amphisbaena steindachneri
    — & , 2009

Amphisbaena steindachneri is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology[]

The specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.[3]

Geographic range[]

A. steindachneri is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.[2]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of A. steindachneri is savanna.[1]

Reproduction[]

A. steindachneri is oviparous.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b , , , , , (2019). "Amphisbaena steindachneri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T50956365A50956368. https://dx.doi.org/IUCN.UK.2019- 2.RLTS.T50956365A50956368.en. Downloaded on 09 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Amphisbaena steindachneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. ^ Boelens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cercolophia steindachneri, p. 252).

Further reading[]

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Amphisbæna steindachneri, pp. 444–445).
  • , (2000). "The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography". Graellsia 55: 199–215. (Cercolophia steindachneri).
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Cercolophia steindachneri, p. 26).
  • , (2009). "Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51 (2): 190–200. (Amphisbaena steindachneri).
  • Strauch A (1881). "Bemerkungen über die Eidechsenfamilie der Amphisbaeniden ". Mélanges biologiques tirés du Bulletin physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 355–479. (Amphisbaena steindachneri, new species, p. 407). (in German).



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