Amphisbaena (lizard)
Genus of amphisbaenians
Amphisbaena
Amphisbaena alba
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Family:
Amphisbaenidae
Genus:
Amphisbaena Linnaeus , 1758
Species
See text
Synonyms
Anops , Aporarchus , Aulura , Bronia , Cephalopeltis , Cercolophia , Cynisca , Diphalus , Lepidosternon , Ophioproctus , Rhinoblanus , Sarea [ 1] [ 2]
Amphisbaena caeca Amphisbaena darwinii Amphisbaena fuliginosa Amphisbaena kingii Amphisbaena mertensii Amphisbaena genus in the family Amphisbaenidae , commonly known as worm lizards . [citation needed Over 100 species are placed in this diverse genus.
Species
Nota bene binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphisbaena .
Amphisbaena absaberi (Strüssman & Carvalho , 2001) Amphisbaena acangaoba L. Ribeiro , Gomides & Costa , 2020Amphisbaena acrobeles (S. Ribeiro , Castro-Mello & Nogueira , 2009) Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus , 1758 Amphisbaena albocingulata Boettger , 1885Amphisbaena anaemariae Vanzolini , 1997Amphisbaena angustifrons Cope , 1861Amphisbaena anomala (Barbour , 1914) – Barbour's worm lizardAmphisbaena arda Rodrigues , 2003Amphisbaena arenaria Vanzolini, 1991 Amphisbaena arenicola Perez & Borges-Martins , 2019Amphisbaena bahiana Vanzolini, 1964 Amphisbaena bakeri Stejneger , 1904Amphisbaena barbouri Gans & Alexander , 1962Amphisbaena bedai (Vanzolini, 1991) Amphisbaena bilabialata (Stimson , 1972) Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens , 1929Amphisbaena borelli Peracca , 1897Amphisbaena brasiliana (Gray , 1865) – Brazilian worm lizardAmphisbaena brevis Strüssmann & Mott , 2009 Amphisbaena caeca Cuvier , 1829Puerto Rican worm lizard, blind worm lizardAmphisbaena caetitensis Almeida , Freitas , M. da Silva , Valverde , Rodrigues, Pires & Mott, 2018Amphisbaena caiari Teixeira , Dal Vechio , Neto & Rodrigues, 2014Amphisbaena camura Cope, 1862 – crooked worm lizardAmphisbaena carlgansi Thomas & Hedges , 1998Amphisbaena carli Pinna et al., 2010Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965 – Carvalho worm lizardAmphisbaena caudalis Cochran , 1928Amphisbaena cayemite Thomas & Hedges , 2006 – Cayemite short-tailed amphisbaenaAmphisbaena cegei Montero , Sáfadez & Álvarez , 1997Amphisbaena crisae Vanzolini, 1997 Amphisbaena cubana Gundlach & W. Peters , 1879Amphisbaena cuiabana (Strüssman & Carvalho, 2001) Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed & Ávila-Pires , 1991Amphisbaena darwinii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron , 1839Darwin's ringed worm lizardAmphisbaena dubia L. Müller , 1924Amphisbaena elbakyanae Torres-Ramírez , Angarita-Sierra & Vargas-Ramírez , 2021Amphisbaena fenestrata (Cope, 1861) – Cope's worm lizardAmphisbaena filiformis S. Ribeiro, Gomes , Rodrigues, H. da Silva , Cintra & N. da Silva , 2016 Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini, 1991 Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758 – black and white worm lizard, speckled worm lizard, spotted worm lizardAmphisbaena gonavensis Gans & Alexander, 1962 – Gonâve worm lizardAmphisbaena gracilis Strauch , 1881Amphisbaena hastata Vanzolini, 1991 Amphisbaena heathi K. Schmidt , 1936Amphisbaena hiata Montero & Céspedez , 2002Amphisbaena hogei Vanzolini, 1950 – Hoge's worm lizardAmphisbaena hoogmoedi Oliveira , Vaz-Silva , A. Santos , Graboski , Teixeira, Dal Vechio & S. Ribeiro, 2018Amphisbaena hyporissor Thomas, 1965 – Barahona amphisbaenaAmphisbaena ignatiana Vanzolini, 1991 Amphisbaena innocens Weinland , 1862Amphisbaena kingii (Bell , 1833) – King's worm lizardAmphisbaena kiriri L. Ribeiro, Gomides & Costa, 2018 Amphisbaena kraoh (Vanzolini, 1971) Amphisbaena leali Thomas & Hedges, 2006 – Pestel amphisbaenaAmphisbaena leeseri Gans, 1964 – Urucum worm lizardAmphisbaena leucocephala W. Peters, 1878 – white-headed worm lizardAmphisbaena littoralis Roberto , Brito & Ávila , 2014Amphisbaena longinqua Teixeira, Dal Vechio, Recoder , Cassimiro , de Sena & Rodrigues, 2019 Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini, 1996 Amphisbaena manni Barbour, 1914 – Mann's worm lizardAmphisbaena maranhensis Gomes & Maciel , 2012 Amphisbaena mebengokre S. Ribeiro, Sá , Santos, Graboski, Zaher , Guedes , S. Andrade & Vaz-Silva, 2019 Amphisbaena medemi Gans & Mathers , 1977 Amphisbaena mertensii Strauch, 1881 – Mertens's worm lizardAmphisbaena metallurga Costa, Resende , Teixeira, Dal Vechio & Clemente , 2015 Amphisbaena miringoera Vanzolini, 1971 Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter , 1923Amphisbaena mongoyo Teixeira, Dal Vechio, Recoder, Cassimiro, de Sena & Rodrigues, 2019 Amphisbaena munoai Klappenbach , 1960Amphisbaena myersi Hoogmoed, 1988 Amphisbaena nana Perez & Borges-Martins, 2019 Amphisbaena neglecta Dunn & Piatt , 1936Amphisbaena nigricauda Gans, 1966 – black-headed worm lizardAmphisbaena occidentalis Cope, 1876 – western worm lizardAmphisbaena pericensis Noble , 1921Amphisbaena persephone Pinna, Mendonça , Bocchiglieri & Fernandes , 2014 Amphisbaena plumbea Gray, 1872 – lead worm lizardAmphisbaena polygrammica F. Werner , 1900Amphisbaena pretrei A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Rio Grande worm lizardAmphisbaena prunicolor (Cope, 1885) – plum-colored worm lizardAmphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger , 1890Ridley's worm lizard, Noronha worm lizardAmphisbaena roberti Gans, 1964 Amphisbaena rozei Lancini , 1963Roze's worm lizardAmphisbaena sanctaeritae Vanzolini, 1994 Amphisbaena saxosa (Castro-Mello, 2003) Amphisbaena schmidti Gans, 1964 – Schmidt's worm lizard, Tiburon stout anole, Puerto Rican dusky amphisbaenaAmphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger, 1902 – Silvestri's worm lizardAmphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907 – Slater's worm lizardAmphisbaena slevini K. Schmidt, 1938 – Slevin's worm lizardAmphisbaena spurrelli Boulenger, 1915 – Spurrell's worm lizardAmphisbaena steindachneri Strauch, 1881 Amphisbaena stejnegeri Ruthven , 1922Amphisbaena supernumeraria Mott, Rodrigues & E. dos Santos , 2009 Amphisbaena talisiae Vanzolini, 1995 Amphisbaena tiaraju Perez & Borges-Martins, 2019 Amphisbaena townsendi Stejneger, 1911 Amphisbaena tragorrhectes Vanzolini, 1971 Amphisbaena uroxena Mott et al., 2008 Amphisbaena vanzolinii Gans, 1963 – Vanzolini's worm lizardAmphisbaena vermicularis Wagler , 1824Amphisbaena xera Thomas, 1966 – dry worm lizard, Puerto Rican dryland worm lizard,[ 2]
Nota bene binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphisbaena .
Etymology
The specific names carlgansi , carli , and cegei are all in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans (1923–2009), for his contributions to the knowledge of Amphisbaenians.[ 2] [ 3]
See also
References
^ Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II ... Amphisbænidae. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers.) xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Genus Amphisbæna , p. 435).^ a b c Genus Amphisbaena The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ 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 cegei , p. 50; A. carlgansi , p. 97).
Further reading
Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130.Linnaeus C (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Amphisbæna , new genus, p. 229).
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