Amphisbaena silvestrii

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

Amphisbaena silvestrii, also known commonly as Silvestri'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, silvestrii, is in honor of Italian entomologist Filippo Silvestri.[2]

Geographic range

A. silvestrii is found in Bolivia (department of Santa Cruz), and also in Brazil (state of Mato Grosso).[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Amphisbaena silvestrii ". 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 silvestrii, p. 244).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1902). "Descriptions of new Fishes and Reptiles discovered by Dr. F. Silvestri in South America". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Seventh Series 9 (52): 284-288. (Amphisbæna silvestrii, new species, p. 287).
  • Cassel, Mônica; Calcanhoto, Karla K. N.; Mehanna, Mahmoud; Montezol, Michel; Ferreira, Adelina; Mott, Tamí (2017). "Spermatogenisis of Amphisbaena silvestrii (Boulenger, 1902) [sic]: First Report for Amphisbaenidae". Journal of Herpetology 51 (1): 109-113.
  • Gans, Carl (1962). "Redefinition and Description of the Brasilian Reptiles Amphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger and A. neglecta Dunn and Piatt". Copeia 1962 (1): 164-170.
  • Gans, Carl (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130.


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