Amphisbaena (lizard)

Amphisbaena
Amphisbaena alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Amphisbaenidae
Genus:Amphisbaena
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms

Anops, Aporarchus, Aulura, Bronia, Cadea, Cephalopeltis, Cercolophia, Cynisca, Diphalus, Lepidosternon, Ophioproctus, Rhinoblanus, Sarea[1][2]

Amphisbaena is a genus in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as the worm lizards. Over 100 species are placed in this diverse genus.

Species

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphisbaena.

  • Amphisbaena absaberi (Strüssman & Carvalho, 2001)
  • Amphisbaena acrobeles (Ribeiro, Castro-Mello & Nogueira, 2009)
  • Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758 - white worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena albocingulata Boettger, 1885
  • Amphisbaena anaemariae Vanzolini, 1997
  • Amphisbaena angustifrons Cope, 1861
  • Amphisbaena anomala (Barbour, 1914)
  • Amphisbaena arda Rodrigues, 2003
  • Amphisbaena arenaria Vanzolini, 1991
  • Amphisbaena bahiana Vanzolini, 1964
  • Amphisbaena bakeri Stejneger, 1904 - Baker's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena barbouri Gans & Alexander, 1962
  • Amphisbaena bedai (Vanzolini, 1991)
  • Amphisbaena bilabialata (Stimson, 1972)
  • Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens, 1929
  • Amphisbaena borelli Peracca, 1897
  • Amphisbaena brasiliana (Gray, 1865)
  • Amphisbaena brevis Strüssmann & Mott, 2009s
  • Amphisbaena caeca Cuvier, 1829 - Puerto Rican worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena caiari Teixeira Jr., Da Vechio, Neto, & Rodrigues, 2014
  • Amphisbaena camura Cope, 1862
  • Amphisbaena carlgansi Thomas & Hedges, 1998
  • Amphisbaena carli Pinna et al., 2010
  • Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965
  • Amphisbaena caudalis Cochran, 1928
  • Amphisbaena cayemite Thomas & Hedges, 2006
  • Amphisbaena cegei Montero, Sáfadez & Álvarez, 1997
  • Amphisbaena crisae Vanzolini, 1997
  • Amphisbaena cubana Gundlach & W. Peters, 1879
  • Amphisbaena cuiabana (Strüssman & Carvalho, 2001)
  • Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed & Ávila-Pires, 1991
  • Amphisbaena darwinii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 - Darwin's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena dubia L. Müller, 1924
  • Amphisbaena fenestrata (Cope, 1861)
  • Amphisbaena filiformis Ribeiro, Gomes, Rodrigues, Da Silva, Cintra, & Da Silva
  • Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini, 1991
  • Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758 - black and white amphisbaenian
  • Amphisbaena gonavensis Gans & Alexander, 1962
  • Amphisbaena gracilis Strauch, 1881
  • Amphisbaena hastata Vanzolini, 1991
  • Amphisbaena heathi K. Schmidt, 1936
  • Amphisbaena heterozonata Burmeister, 1861
  • Amphisbaena hiata Montero & Céspedez, 2002
  • Amphisbaena hogei Vanzolini, 1950 – Hoge's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena hoogmoedi Oliveira, Vaz-SiLva, Santos Jr., Graboski, Teixeira Jr., Dal Vechio, & Ribeiro, 2018
  • Amphisbaena hyporissor Thomas, 1965
  • Amphisbaena ibijara Rodrigues, Andrade & Lima, 2003
  • Amphisbaena ignatiana Vanzolini, 1991
  • Amphisbaena innocens Weinland, 1862
  • Amphisbaena kingii (Bell, 1833)
  • Amphisbaena kiriri Ribeiro, Gomides, & Costa, 2018
  • Amphisbaena kraoh (Vanzolini, 1971)
  • Amphisbaena leali Thomas & Hedges, 2006
  • Amphisbaena leeseri Gans, 1964
  • Amphisbaena leucocephala W. Peters, 1878
  • Amphisbaena littoralis Roberto, Brito, & Ávila, 2014
  • Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini, 1996
  • Amphisbaena manni Barbour, 1914
  • Amphisbaena maranhensis Gomes & Maciel, 2012
  • Amphisbaena medemi Gans & Mathers, 1977
  • Amphisbaena mensae Castro-Mello, 2000
Amphisbaena mertensii
  • Amphisbaena mertensii Strauch, 1881
  • Amphisbaena metallurga Costa, Resende, Teixeira, Vechio, & Clemente, 2015
  • Amphisbaena miringoera Vanzolini, 1971
  • Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923
  • Amphisbaena munoai Klappenbach, 1966
  • Amphisbaena myersi Hoogmoed, 1988
  • Amphisbaena neglecta Dunn & Piatt, 1936
  • Amphisbaena nigricauda Gans, 1966
  • Amphisbaena occidentalis Cope, 1876
  • Amphisbaena pericensis Noble, 1921
  • Amphisbaena persephone Pinna, Mendonca, Bocchiglieri, & Fernandes, 2014
  • Amphisbaena plumbea Gray, 1872
  • Amphisbaena polygrammica F. Werner, 1900
  • Amphisbaena pretrei A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope, 1885)
  • Amphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger, 1890 - Ridley's worm lizard or Noronha worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena roberti Gans, 1964
  • Amphisbaena rozei Lancini, 1963
  • Amphisbaena sanctaeritae Vanzolini, 1994
  • Amphisbaena saxosa (Castro-Mello, 2003)
  • Amphisbaena schmidti Gans, 1964 - Schmidt's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger, 1902
  • Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907
  • Amphisbaena slevini K. Schmidt, 1938
  • Amphisbaena spurelli Boulenger, 1915
  • Amphisbaena steindachneri Strauch, 1881
  • Amphisbaena stejnegeri Ruthven, 1922
  • Amphisbaena supernumeraria Mott, Rodrigues & dos Santos, 2009
  • Amphisbaena talisiae Vanzolini, 1995
  • Amphisbaena townsendi Stejneger, 1911
  • Amphisbaena trachura Cope, 1885
  • Amphisbaena tragorrhectes Vanzolini, 1971
  • Amphisbaena uroxena Mott et al., 2008
  • Amphisbaena vanzolinii Gans, 1963
  • Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler, 1824
  • Amphisbaena xera Thomas, 1966 - Puerto Rican dryland worm lizard[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphisbaena.

Etymology

The specific names, carlgansi, carli, and cegei, are all in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans (1923-2009), for his contributions to the knowledge of Amphisbaenians.[3][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II ... Amphisbænidae. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers.) xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Amphisbæna, p. 435).
  2. 1 2 3 "Amphisbaena ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ 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 cegei, p. 50; A. carlgansi, p. 97).

Further reading

  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1-130.
  • Linnaeus C (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, diferentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Amphisbæna, new genus, p. 229).
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