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Mitchell's worm lizard

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Mitchell's worm lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Amphisbaenia
Family:
Amphisbaenidae
Genus:
Amphisbaena
Species:
A. mitchelli
Binomial name
Amphisbaena mitchelli

Amphisbaena mitchelli is a worm lizard species in the genus Amphisbaena. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, mitchelli, is in honor of British zoologist Peter Chalmers Mitchell.[2]

Geographic range

A. mitchelli is found in Brazil, in the states of Maranhão and Pará.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  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 mitchelli, p. 180).

See also

Further reading

  • Procter JB. 1923. "On New and Rare Reptiles from South America". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1923: 1061-1067. (Amphisbæna mitchelli, new species, p. 1065).


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