Mbanja worm lizard
| Mbanja worm lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Chirindia |
| Species: | C. ewerbecki
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| Chirindia ewerbecki F. Werner, 1910
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The Mbanja worm lizard (Chirindia ewerbecki), also known commonly as Ewerbeck's round-headed worm lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania. There are two recognized subspecies.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, ewerbecki, is in honor of German customs official Karl Ewerbeck, who collected the holotype.[2]
Reproduction
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]
- Chirindia ewerbecki ewerbecki F. Werner, 1910
- Chirindia ewerbecki nanguruwensis (Loveridge, 1962)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Chirindia.
References
- ^ a b c Chirindia ewerbecki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ 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. (Chirindia ewerbecki, p. 86).
Further reading
- Broadley DG, Gans C (1978). "Southern forms of Chirindia (Amphibaenia, Reptilia)". Annals of Carnegie Museum 47: 29–51.
- Loveridge A (1962). "New worm-lizards (Ancylocranium and Amphisbaena) from southeastern Tanganyika territory". Breviora (163): 1–6. (Amphisbaena nanguruwensis, new species, pp. 5–6).
- Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618.
- Werner F (1910). "Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. II. Eidechsen". Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 27 (supplement 2): 1–46. (Chirindia ewerbecki, new species, p. 37). (in German).
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