Carvalho worm lizard
| Carvalho 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: | Amphisbaena |
| Species: | A. carvalhoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965
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Amphisbaena carvalhoi, also known as Carvalho's worm lizard, is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae.
Etymology
The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho, who collected the type specimen.[1][2]
Geographic range
A. carvalhoi is found in northeastern Brazil in the state of Pernambuco.[3]
References
- ^ Gans, p. 615.
- ^ 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 carvalhoi, p. 49).
- ^ "Amphisbaena carvalhoi ". 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, new species, pp. 625–630 + Figures 7-12).
See also
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