Vanzolini's worm lizard

Vanzolini's worm lizard (Amphisbaena vanzolinii) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to northern South America.

Vanzolini's worm lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. vanzolinii
Binomial name
Amphisbaena vanzolinii
Gans, 1963[2]
Synonyms

Etymology

The specific name, vanzolinii, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Paulo Vanzolini.[3]

Geographic range

A. vanzolinii is found in northern Brazil, Guyana (formerly British Guiana), and Suriname.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. vanzolinii is forest.[1]

Reproduction

A. vanzolinii is oviparous.[2]

See also

References
  1. Ouboter P, Hoogmoed M (2019). "Amphisbaena vanzolini [sic]". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T66080041A66080061. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T66080041A66080061.en. Downloaded on 28 September 2020.
  2. Amphisbaena vanzolinii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2015.
  3. 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 vanzolinii, p. 273.)

Further reading
  • Gans C (1963). "Notes on Amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 8. A Redescription of Amphisbaena stejnegeri and the Description of a New Species of Amphisbaena from British Guiana". American Museum Novitates (2128): 1-18. ("Amphisbaena vanzolinii, new species", pp. 13–17, Figures 10-14).
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena vanzolinii, p. 20).
  • Hoogmoed MS, Mott T (2003). "On the identity of Amphisbaena hugoi Vanzolini, 1990 (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen 77: 455–458.
  • Vanzolini PE (1989). "A new species of Amphisbaena from the State of Amazonas, Brasil (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae)". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 84 (Supplement 4): 525–528. (Amphisbaena hugoi, new species).


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