Amphisbaena carvalhoi

Amphisbaena carvalhoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
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 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

  1. ↑ Gans, p. 615.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ "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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