Carvalho worm lizard

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Carvalho worm lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Amphisbaenia
Family:
Amphisbaenidae
Genus:
Amphisbaena
Species:
A. carvalhoi
Binomial name
Amphisbaena carvalhoi
Gans, 1965

Amphisbaena carvalhoi, also known as Carvalho's worm lizard, is a worm lizard species in the genus Amphisbaena.

Etymology

The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho, who collected the type specimen.[1][2]

Geographic range

It is found in northeastern Brazil in the state of Pernambuco.[3]

References

  1. ^ Gans, p. 615.
  2. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphisbaena carvalhoi, p. 49).
  3. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Gans C. 1965. On Amphisbaena heathi Schmidt and A. carvalhoi, new species, small forms from the northeast of Brazil (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia). Proc. California Acad. Sci., Fourth Series 31 (23): 613-630. (Amphisbaena carvalhoi, pp. 625-630 + Figures 7-12).

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