Mesobaena

Mesobaena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Amphisbaenidae
Genus:Mesobaena
Mertens, 1925
Species

Two, see text.

Mesobaena is a genus of lizards in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as worm lizards. The genus is endemic to South America.

Species

Two species are placed in this genus.[1]

  • Mesobaena huebneri Mertens, 1925
  • Mesobaena rhachicephala Hoogmoed, Pinto, Da Rocha & Pereira, 2009

Etymology

The specific name, huebneri, is in honor of German pioneer photographer George Huebner (1862–1935), who collected the holotype.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Mesobaena ". 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. (Mesobaena huebneri, p. 127).

Further reading

  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1–130.
  • Mertens R (1925). "Eine neue Eidechsengattung aus der Familie der Leposterniden ". Senckenbergiana 7 (5): 170–171. (Mesobaena, new genus; M. huebneri, new species). (in German).
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