Mesobaena
| Mesobaena | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Mesobaena Mertens, 1925 |
| Species | |
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Two, see text. | |
Mesobaena is a genus of lizards in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as worm lizards. The genus is endemic to South America.
Species
Two species are placed in this genus.[1]
- Mesobaena huebneri Mertens, 1925 - Inirida worm lizard
- Mesobaena rhachicephala Hoogmoed, Pinto, Da Rocha & Pereira, 2009
Etymology
The specific name, huebneri, is in honor of German pioneer photographer George Huebner (1862–1935), who collected the holotype.[2]
References
- ^ "Mesobaena ". 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. (Mesobaena huebneri, p. 127).
Further reading
Wikispecies has information related to Mesobaena.
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1–130.
- Mertens R (1925). "Eine neue Eidechsengattung aus der Familie der Leposterniden ". Senckenbergiana 7 (5): 170–171. (Mesobaena, new genus; M. huebneri, new species). (in German).