Silvestri's worm lizard (Amphisbaena silvestrii) is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae.[2] The species is endemic to South America.
Silvestri's worm lizard | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
Genus: | Amphisbaena |
Species: | A. silvestrii |
Binomial name | |
Amphisbaena silvestrii |
Etymology
editThe specific name, silvestrii, is in honor of Italian entomologist Filippo Silvestri.[3]
Geographic range
editA. silvestrii is found in Bolivia (department of Santa Cruz), and also in Brazil (state of Mato Grosso).[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of A. silvestrii are forest and savanna.[1]
Description
editA. silvestrii has two precloacal pores, a character present in only about 20% of species of Amphisbaena.[2]
Reproduction
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Strüssmann, C.; Nogueira, C. de C.; de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. (2019). "Amphisbaena silvestrii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T50956343A50956348. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T50956343A50956348.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Species Amphisbaena silvestrii at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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
edit- Boulenger GA (1902). "Descriptions of new Fishes and Reptiles discovered by Dr. F. Silvestri in South America". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 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 C (1962). "Redefinition and Description of the Brasilian Reptiles Amphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger and A. neglecta Dunn and Piatt". Copeia 1962 (1): 164-170.
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1-130. (Amphisbaena silvestrii, p. 19).
- Ribeiro S, Sá V, Santos AP, Graboski R, Zaher H, Guedes AG, Andrade SP, Vaz-Silva W (2019). "A new species of the Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado with a key for the two-pored species". Zootaxa 4550 (3): 301–320.
- Vanzolini PE (2002). "An aid to the identification of South American species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 42 (15): 351-362.
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