Amphisbaena schmidti

Amphisbaena schmidti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Amphisbaenidae
Genus:Amphisbaena
Species: A. schmidti
Binomial name
Amphisbaena schmidti
Gans, 1964
Geographic distribution of Amphisbaena schmidti
Geographic distribution of Amphisbaena schmidti

Amphisbaena schmidti, known commonly as Schmidt's worm lizard, is a worm lizard species in the genus Amphisbaena.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.[2]

Geographic range

Amphisbaena schmidti is found in Puerto Rico.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Amphisbaena". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  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 schmidti, p. 236).
  3. ↑ "Amphisbaena schmidti". The Reptile Database. http://www.reptile-database.org

Further reading

  • Gans C (1964). "Amphisbaena schmidti, a third species of the genus from Puerto Rico (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia)". Breviora (198): 1-11. ("Amphisbaena schmidti sp. nov.", pp. 3–11 + Figures 1-7).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Amphisbaena schmidti, pp. 168–169).
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