Slater's worm lizard

Slater's worm lizard (Amphisbaena slateri) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to western South America.

Slater's worm lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. slateri
Binomial name
Amphisbaena slateri
Boulenger, 1907

Etymology

The specific name, slateri, is in honor of Thomas Slater who collected the holotype.[2][3]

Geographic range

A. slateri is found in Peru and Bolivia.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. slateri is forest, at altitudes of 610–2,000 m (2,000–6,560 ft).[1]

Description

A. slateri has a rounded head and a rounded tail tip. The body coloration is uniformly brown dorsally and ventrally.[3]

Reproduction

A. slateri is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Aguayo R, Aparicio J, Embert D, Gonzales L, Muñoz A, Venegas P, Torres C (2020). "Amphisbaena slateri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T50956354A50956359.en. Accessed on 02 July 2022.
  2. Beolens, 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. (Amphisbaena slateri, p. 245).
  3. Amphisbaena slateri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1907). "Descriptions of new Lizards in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 19: 486–489, (Amphisbæna slateri, new species, pp. 486–487).
  • Costa HC, Welton LJ, Hallerman J (2019). "An updated diagnosis of the rare Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907, based on additional specimens (Squamata, Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae)". Evolutionary Systematics 2 (2): 125–135.
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena slateri, p. 19).
  • Vanzolini PE (2002). "An aid to the identification of the South American species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 42 (15): 351–362.



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