Cope's worm lizard

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Cope's worm lizard
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A. fenestrata
Binomial name
Amphisbaena fenestrata
(Cope, 1861)[1]
Synonyms

Amphisbaena fenestrata, known commonly as the Virgin Islands worm lizard, is a worm lizard species in the genus Amphisbaena.[3]

Geographic range

It is found in the Virgin Island on the following islands: St. Thomas, St. John, Tortola, Great Camanoe, and Virgin Gorda.[2]

References

  1. ^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. ^ a b Schwartz, A., and R. Thomas. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Amphisbaena fenestrata, p. 167.)
  3. ^ "Amphisbaena". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 20, 2010.

Further reading

  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II...Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers.) xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I.- XXIV. (Amphisbæna fenestrata, pp. 449–450.)
  • Cope, E.D. Some remarks defining the following species of Reptilia Squamata. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1861: 75-76. (Diphalus fenestratus, p. 76.)