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Amphisbaena cunhai

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Amphisbaena cunhai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. cunhai
Binomial name
Amphisbaena cunhai

Amphisbaena cunhai is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, cunhai, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha.[2]

Geographic range

A. cunhai is found in the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Rondônia.[1]

Reproduction

A. cunhai is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Amphisbaena cunhai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  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 cunhai, p. 62).

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. (Amphisbaena cunhai, p. 113).
  • Hoogmoed MS, Ávila-Pires TCS (1991). "A new species of smal Amphisbaena (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) from western Amazonian Brazil". Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Serie Zoologia 7 (1): 77–94. (Amphisbaena cunhai, new species).
  • 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.