Amphisbaena heathi

Amphisbaena heathi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Amphisbaenidae
Genus:Amphisbaena
Species: A. heathi
Binomial name
Amphisbaena heathi

Amphisbaena heathi, also known commonly as Heath's worm lizard, is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae.[1] The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, heathi, is in honor of American malacologist Harold Heath.[2]

Geographic range

A. heathi is found in Brazil in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Amphisbaena heathi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  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 heathi, p. 119).

Further reading

  • Gans, Carl (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.
  • Schmidt KP (1936). "Notes on Brazilian Amphisbaenians". Herpetologica 1 (1): 28-32. (Amphisbaena heathi, new species).


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